Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to Solid Waste Management -- An Urban Challenge -- The Solid Waste Management System -- Principles of Sustainable and Integrated Solid Waste Management -- Scope and Organization of This Book -- References and Suggested Readings -- 1. Current Situation in Indian Cities and Legal Framework -- Some Facts about Municipal Solid Waste Management in India -- Legal Framework of Solid Waste Management in India -- Status of Compliance with the 2000 Rules -- Prevalent Defi ciencies and Challenges in the SWM System in India -- Steps toward an Improved SWM System -- References and Suggested Readings -- 2. Financing for Municipal Solid Waste Services -- Existing Financial Situation of the Municipal Authorities -- Strategies for Improving the Financial Situation -- Costing and Budgeting of SWM Services -- Strategies to Minimize the Cost of SWM Service -- Raising Financial Resources for SWM -- Carbon Finance -- Lessons Learned -- Notes -- References and Suggested Readings -- 3. Private Sector Participation -- Reasons for Involving the Private Sector -- Opportunities and Challenges in Private Sector Involvement -- Legal Environment for Private Sector Participation -- Private Sector Involvement in SWM -- Existing Private Sector Participation in SWM in India -- Facilitation of Private Sector Participation in India -- International Case Studies -- References and Suggested Readings -- 4. Institutional Aspects of Solid Waste Management -- Institutions for an SWM System -- Institutional Setup in India -- Urban Local Bodies: A Key Player in India -- Professionalization of SWM -- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Information Systems -- References and Suggested Readings -- 5. Regional Landfi ll Planning -- Mandatory Requirements for Disposal of Waste -- Disposal Practices in India.

The Regional Landfi ll Concept -- Challenges of Regionalization -- Establishment of a Regional Facility -- Different Types of Regional Organizations -- Notes -- References and Suggested Readings -- 6. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle -- The Waste Management Hierarchy and the 3R Concept -- Recycling Materials -- Waste Generation and Composition in India -- Current 3R Practices in India -- 3R in the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) 2000 Rules -- Future Roles of Stakeholders in Implementing 3R in India -- International Examples -- References and Suggested Readings -- 7. Information, Education, and Communication -- Community Participation in SWM -- Planning for Community Involvement Initiatives -- Stakeholder Committees -- Community-Based Schemes -- IEC Strategies for SWM -- Public Awareness Methods -- Lessons Learned -- References and Suggested Readings -- Appendix 1. India Factsheet -- References and Suggested Readings -- Box 1.1 Summary of Drawbacks of the Current Street-Sweeping Practices -- Box 1.2 Major Drawbacks of the SWM Transport System -- Box 1.3 Waste-to-Energy Technologies -- Box 1.4 Best Practices -- Box 1.5 Case Study: Door-to-Door Collection through Motorized Vehicles in Chennai -- Box 1.6 Case Study: Segregation, Door-to-Door Collection, and Street Sweeping in Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh -- Box 1.7 Case Study: Door-to-Door Collection through RWAs and NGOs in Ahmedabad -- Box 1.8 Working Norms for Street Sweepers -- Box 1.9 Case Study: Street Sweeping in Hyderabad -- Box 2.1 The Surat Landfi ll -- Box 2.2 SWM Tax in the United Kingdom -- Box 2.3 User Fees and Polluter-Pays Principle in Switzerland -- Box 2.4 Basic "Carbon Finance" Concepts -- Box 2.5 The Olavarría Landfi ll Gas Recovery Project -- Box 2.6 Santiago: Composting for Better Waste Management.

Box 3.1 Service Agreement between Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and RWAs and NGOs -- Box 3.2 Case Study: North Dum Dum and New Barrackpore -- Box 3.3 Service Agreement between Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and Contractors for Waste Collection and Transport in Bangalore -- Box 3.4 Service Agreement for Street Sweeping in Hyderabad -- Box 3.5 Concession Agreement between Corporation of Chennai and CGEA Asia Holdings Pte Ltd., Singapore -- Box 4.1 Sanitation Workers in India -- Box 4.2 Human Resource Development -- Box 4.3 Case Study Norms for Door-to-Door Collection of Waste and Street Sweeping in Bangalore -- Box 4.4 Street Sweeping in Hyderabad -- Box 4.5 Information to Be Collected for SWM Systems -- Box 4.6 Weekly Supervision and Inspection: Monitoring Data for SWM Systems -- Box 4.7. Monthly Supervision and Inspection: Monitoring Data for SWM Systems -- Box 4.8 Data Collection for Monitoring of SWM Systems: Monthly Reports -- Box 6.1 Delhi: Recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment -- Box 6.2 The Informal Sector of Waste Collection -- Box 6.3 Lucknow: Muskan Jyoti Samiti -- Box 6.4 New Delhi: Vatavaran -- Box 6.5 Mumbai: Construction Waste and Debris Recycling -- Box 6.6 Using Recycled Plastic in Constructing Roads -- Box 6.7 What Does Composting Cost? -- Box 6.8 Mumbai: Recycling Cooperation between the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Stree Mukti Sanghatana -- Box 6.9 Extended Producer Responsibility -- Box 6.10 Europe: Recycling System for Refrigerators and Cooling Devices -- Box 6.11 Centre for Environment Education: Waste to Wealth in Kodagu -- Box 6.12 Argentina: Efforts to Eradicate Child Labor with Waste -- Box 6.13 Brazil: Integrating Recycling Cooperatives in the Formal Waste Management System-The Case of Belo Horizonte -- Box 6.14 Tunisia: PET and Packaging Recycling -- Box 6.15 Bangladesh: Composting in Dhaka.

Box 6.16 The Philippines: Privately Initiated Resource Recovery and Recycling Program in Manila -- Box 6.17 The Philippines: A New Solid Waste Management and Recycling Concept for Bais City -- Box 6.18 Germany: Its Recycling Policy and Its "Green Dot" System -- Box 6.19 Switzerland: Recycling -- Box 7.1 Why Community Participation Is Important in SWM -- Box 7.2 Bangalore: Swabhimana -- Box 7.3 Citizens' Charter in Namakkal: A 10-Point Charter to Achieve Zero-Garbage Status -- Box 7.4 Case Study: Karachi, Pakistan -- Box 7.5 Bangalore: Pilot Projects the Key to the Success of City-Level Initiatives -- Box 7.6 Vejalpur, Ahmedabad: Rag Pickers Organized and Made Part of the SWM System -- Box 7.7 Kannur: Clean, Green Schools -- Figure 1.1 Compliance with the 2000 Rules -- Figure 3.1 Risks and Potential Infl uence of Partners in Private Sector Participation -- Figure 4.1 Large Municipal Corporation -- Figure 4.2 Municipality -- Figure 5.1. A Cost Curve for the Current Costs of Landfi ll Disposal -- Figure 6.1 Waste Management Hierarchy -- Figure 6.2 Recycling Potential: Intensive Recycling Reduces Waste to Be Disposed of in Landfi lls by 70 Percent -- Figure 6.3 Relation between the Amount of Biodegradable Waste and Income Level, 1999 -- Figure 6.4 Recycling and the Solid Waste Management Chain -- Figure 7.1 Community Consultations -- Table 1.1 Indian Census, 2001 -- Table 1.2 Increase in Urban Population in India -- Table 1.3 Physical Composition of Municipal Solid Waste -- Table 1.4 The Four Steps of Schedule I of the 2000 Rules -- Table 1.5 Reasons for Noncompliance with the 2000 Rules -- Table 1.6 Color Coding and Type of Container for Disposal of Biomedical Waste -- Table 1.7 Comparison of Door-to-Door Collection and Community Bin Collection -- Table 1.8 Characteristics of Special Types of Waste -- Table 1.9 Street-Sweeping Tools.

Table 1.10 Criteria for Selection of Appropriate Technology or Combination of Technologies -- Table 1.11 Composting Schemes -- Table 1.12 Basic Requirements for Selection of Landfi ll Sites -- Table 2.1 Vehicle and Equipment Costs, 2006 -- Table 2.2 Cost Estimates for Establishing a Composting Plant, 2005-06 -- Table 2.3 Example of Cost Savings -- Table 2.4 Examples of User Charges -- Table 2.5 Allocation of Funds under the 12th Finance Commission -- Table 2.6 Incentives under the National Program on Energy Recovery -- Table 3.1 Assigned Responsibilities for Each Option for Private Sector Participation -- Table 3.2 Requirements for an Equitable Contract -- Table 4.1 SWM Institutions and Functions -- Table 4.2 Indicators for SWM -- Table 5.1 Criteria for Identifying Suitable Land for Landfi ll Sites -- Table 5.2 Economy of Scale for Treatment and Disposal of Waste -- Table 6.1 Important Recycling Materials: Advantages and Drawbacks -- Table 6.2 Physical Composition of Solid Waste in 1 Million Plus Cities and State Capitals in India (Average Percentage Value) -- Table 6.3 List of Roads Laid Using Waste Plastics -- Table 6.4 Waste Generation and Recycling in European Union.