World Bank Supports Chennai’s Sustainable Waste Management Goals

June 12, 2024

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), with help from the World Bank, wants to improve the way it handles trash so that it can set up a system that will last until 2026 or 2027. These attempts are mostly about stopping people from throwing trash at Kodungaiyur, which is a big dump in the city.

Strategic Meetings and Goals

A recent meeting between the World Bank, the GCC, and state officials ended with a detailed talk of how to make solid waste management more strategic. Setting Zero Waste as the main goal and finally stopping the use of another major dumpsite, Perungudi, after the success at Kodungaiyur is the main goal.

World Bank’s Role and Study

It is planned that the World Bank will improve the city’s solid waste management methods over the next 20 years, not just in Chennai but all over the state. A big part of this project is a full study that will look at how garbage is currently handled and come up with ideas for how the city’s waste management policies could be improved.

Implementation of Recycling and Waste Reduction Strategies

After the study is over, the GCC will put in place a number of new rules that will aim to boost recycling and cut down on waste sent to landfills. Some of these are changes to the law that the Chennai Corporation Council should pass soon. The main goal of these changes is to create a circular economy that has less of an effect on the world and uses fewer resources. The project also looks at administrative problems, like hiring levels, that get in the way of good city management in all 15 zones of Chennai. GCC wants to improve general civic response and efficiency by tackling these basic problems. This will help make waste management even better. Overall, these joint efforts by the World Bank and Greater Chennai Corporation show that they are serious about turning Chennai into a model of environmentally friendly trash management.

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