Women Warriors of Waste Management

Women Warriors of Waste Management Joystu Dutta, Anandi Kerketta, Moharana Choudhury, and Madhur Mohan Ranga Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Indian Waste Management Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women in Waste Management: Comparison Between Global and Indian Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . Waste Management System in Ambikapur: The First Zero Dustbin City of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women Warriors of Waste Management in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Result and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Details of the Female Workers Involved in Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Details of <!–ITerm12--?>Waste Collection and Segregation in SLRM Centers of Ambikapur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh), India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monthly Waste Collection (Organic and Inorganic Wastes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Categorization of Organic Wastes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inorganic Waste Collection Monthly in Different Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suggested Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 6 8 9 10 10 13 16 16 17 20 21 21 Abstract The word “waste” refers to something that is “no longer serving a purpose,” something “without value” (The Concise Oxford Dictionary). The current scopes of waste management in global scenario describe “waste” as a “resource.” Waste management is a cardinal urban issue of current times. The government of India has initiated a flagship program in the name of Swachha Bharat Abhiyan in the year 2014. It is nothing short of a social revolution and has seen overwhelming J. Dutta (*) Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru University, Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India A. Kerketta · M. M. Ranga Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru University, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, India M. Choudhury Voice of Environment, Guwahati, Assam, India © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 C. Baskar et al. (eds.), Handbook of Solid Waste Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7525-9_104-1 1