Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Scientific Adviser Reviews Low-Carbon Urban Waste Management Framework
Government science adviser Ajay Kumar Sood reviewed a project about handling city waste better.
The project was carried out by three Indian research institutions.
Researchers created a tool that helps cities measure pollution from different waste-treatment methods.
The tool can compare options such as recycling, composting, landfilling and turning waste into energy.
It also measures gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.
Cities can use the results to choose methods that create fewer emissions.
The project studied examples from several Indian cities.
It also suggested a national plan for cleaner and more climate-resilient waste management.
Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood reviewed recommendations from an Indian solid-waste management project.
The project developed a Life Cycle Assessment framework and web-based greenhouse-gas calculator for urban local bodies.
Researchers from IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras and IIT (BHU) Varanasi conducted the project.
The calculator compares emissions from technologies including composting, recycling, anaerobic digestion, waste-to-energy and landfilling.
The project proposed a national roadmap for climate-resilient, low-emission waste management in India.
- Who
- Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood, Scientific Secretary Parvinder Maini and researchers from IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras and IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
- What
- A review of a Life Cycle Assessment framework, greenhouse-gas calculator and recommendations for improving solid-waste management.
- When
- Thursday, according to the official statement.
- Where
- The review concerned solid-waste management in Indian cities, with case studies from Bengaluru, Mysuru, Tumakuru, Chennai, Delhi and Varanasi.
- Why
- To help urban local bodies compare waste-management options, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and plan lower-carbon systems.
- Project
- Development of LCA Framework for Solid Waste Management Technologies in India
- Project support
- Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser
- Research institutions
- IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras and IIT (BHU) Varanasi
- Primary users
- Urban Local Bodies
- Technologies assessed
- Biomining, anaerobic digestion, waste-to-energy, composting, recycling, incineration and landfilling
- Emissions covered
- Methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, black carbon, net emissions, avoided emissions and logistics emissions
- Policy alignment
- Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban