Abstract:

Urban growth and evolving consumption habits have greatly contributed to the amount of municipal solid waste produced in Jaipur, posing significant environmental and human health risks. Even though collection efficiency has been improved under the municipal administration, the problem of improper source separation, dependence on landfill, poor resource recovery, etc., persists. Within this regard, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have also become relevant stakeholders in filling the policy-practice gap through decentralised and community-based waste management methods. The following paper discusses how NGO intervention may be used to enhance the municipal solid waste management in Jaipur, with specific adaptations to the efforts made by organisations like Ecowrap and Parvaah. The study is rooted in field observations, secondary data sources, government reports, and the examination of the NGO-led models, which deal with source segregation, door-to-door collection, recycling, and composting practices. The evidence shows that technology-based systems, including the use of IoT to implement segregation and decentralised collection models used by Ecowrap, have improved efficiency and minimised landfill costs through diverting large volumes of waste materials off disposal facilities. Likewise, the interventions provided by Parvaah based on awareness have helped in behavioural change at the household level through the availability of waste segregation and sustainable disposal methodology. The paper has found that the introduction of NGOs leads to a high level of community involvement, rates of resource recovery, and environmental returns, and creates livelihoods, especially among marginalised groups. Nevertheless, issues of financial sustainability, scalability and coordination with municipal systems continue to be of concern. The paper has made a conclusion that the overall efficiency and sustainability of solid waste management in Jaipur can be increased by combining NGO-centred integrated models of decentralisation with formal municipal systems, which can be applied in other urbanising cities of India.

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MSW, Waste management, NGO, sustainability, solid waste.

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