CONTENTS Preface v Acknowledgement vii List of Tables xi List of Abbreviations xiv Chapters I. Introduction 1 Waste Disposal and Management 1 Types of Wastes 2 (i) Domestic Wastes 2 (ii) Commercial and Institutional Wastes 2 (iii) Street Cleansing Wastes 3 (iv) Industrial Wastes 3 (v) Nuclear Wastes 3 (vi) Agriculture Wastes 3 (vii) Wastes from Recreational Areas 3 Methods of Disposing Wastes 3 (i) Sanitary Landfill 4 (ii) Transfer Prior to Land fill 4 (iii) Dumping 4 (iv) Central Incineration 4 (v) On-site Incineration 4 (vi) Physical Separation of Wastes 5 Industrial Wastes 5 (i) Waste Reduction 5 (ii) Recovery of Resources 6 (Hi) Incineration 6 (iv) Biological Treatment 6 (v) Land Disposal 6 (vi) Sea Disposal7 Institutional Mechanism 7 Municipal Finance 10 (a) Local Revenue 10 (i) Tax Revenue 10 (ii) Non-tax Revenue 11 Miscellaneous Sources of Non-tax Revenue 11 (b) Borrowing 12 References 12 Delhi City: A Profile 14 Location and Area 15 Industries 19 Trade and Commerce 19 Transport 20 Tourism Industry 21 Overview 21 References 21 HI. Solid Waste Management in Delhi 22 Municipal Corporation of Delhi 22 (i) The Deliberative Wing 23 (ii) The Executive Wing 23 New Delhi Municipal Council 25 Cantonment Board 27 Delhi Development Authority 28 References 29 IV Conclusion 30 References 34 Appendix 1 - Municipal Solid Wastes Rules, 2000 35 Appendix 2 - The New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 38 Appendix 3 - The Cantonments Act, 1924 45 Bibliography 51 Index 55