Waste management seminar held in Kohima
Our Correspondent
Kohima | July 4
Quick waste management solutions like “Rolling the garbage down the hills or burning waste” are no longer sustainable with long lasting environmental and health impacts.
As the burden of waste mounts on Nagaland State, the need for ‘door to door segregated collection’ and better management of biodegradable wastes were some of the solutions suggested during a one-day seminar on waste management with special reference to Kohima held here today.
Speaking at the event in Alder College Kohima, LH Thangi Mannen, founding member Green Team Kohima, said that there is an urgent need to explore real solutions that are sustainable and community based.
On Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016 /18, Mannen said that the Government of India has issued clear guidelines for sustainable waste management, the mandate of which goes beyond municipal areas.
In compliance with the National Green Tribunal orders and the GOI’s SWM Rules 16-18, the Government of Nagaland has, on April 8, 2019, also notified Nagaland Integrated Waste Management Policy 2019, to attain sustainable waste management throughout the State by 2030.
