Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-Energy
Urbanization, industrialization, unplanned urban expansion, and rural migration have significantly disrupted waste generation dynamics and characteristics, reducing the efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) management frameworks. Moreover, it has posed a substantial challenge to India's sma...
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| description | Urbanization, industrialization, unplanned urban expansion, and rural migration have significantly disrupted waste generation dynamics and characteristics, reducing the efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) management frameworks. Moreover, it has posed a substantial challenge to India's smart city initiative, which aims to develop sustainable cities. Additionally, the increasing energy demands in urban centers, driven by lifestyle habits, have exacerbated the depletion of non-renewable energy sources, highlighting the imperative need for cleaner energy sources and a thorough assessment of their adoption potential. This study comprehensively examines the current status of the functional elements of MSW, including its financial and administrative structures. It also maps its current waste management practices in the demographic space of 10 Indian smart cities. The study collected resources from secondary literatures, government and local authorities databases, and reports from key stakeholders. The paper provides recommendations and insights on the feasibility, challenges, and potential of adopting waste-to-energy (WtE) systems in the Indian context. The findings of this paper serve as a foundation for further optimization studies of MSW from a WtE perspective, aiding local authorities in identifying feasible pathways for integrating WtE technologies. This review offers a benchmark for municipalities to facilitate a smoother transition towards cleaner and energy-secured smart cities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8dbfe11e9c0744548fbf2d72b35219b02025-08-20T02:57:47ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-03-01116e4277010.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42770Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-EnergyAteeb Hamdan0Sugato Panda1Mayur Shirish Jain2Veena Raj3Sathyajith Mathew4Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaFaculty of Integrated Technologies Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, BE 14, Darussalam, BruneiFaculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Jon Lilletunsvei 0, 4879, Grimstad, Norway; Corresponding author.Urbanization, industrialization, unplanned urban expansion, and rural migration have significantly disrupted waste generation dynamics and characteristics, reducing the efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) management frameworks. Moreover, it has posed a substantial challenge to India's smart city initiative, which aims to develop sustainable cities. Additionally, the increasing energy demands in urban centers, driven by lifestyle habits, have exacerbated the depletion of non-renewable energy sources, highlighting the imperative need for cleaner energy sources and a thorough assessment of their adoption potential. This study comprehensively examines the current status of the functional elements of MSW, including its financial and administrative structures. It also maps its current waste management practices in the demographic space of 10 Indian smart cities. The study collected resources from secondary literatures, government and local authorities databases, and reports from key stakeholders. The paper provides recommendations and insights on the feasibility, challenges, and potential of adopting waste-to-energy (WtE) systems in the Indian context. The findings of this paper serve as a foundation for further optimization studies of MSW from a WtE perspective, aiding local authorities in identifying feasible pathways for integrating WtE technologies. This review offers a benchmark for municipalities to facilitate a smoother transition towards cleaner and energy-secured smart cities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402501151XRenewable energyClimate-resilient waste managementWaste valorizationSustainable citiesJust transition |
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| title | Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-Energy |
| title_full | Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-Energy |
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| title_short | Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-Energy |
| title_sort | assessing municipal solid waste in indian smart cities a path towards waste to energy |
| topic | Renewable energy Climate-resilient waste management Waste valorization Sustainable cities Just transition |
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