Generation of unending waste and then managing it are not the only issues in solid waste management. Another battlefront lies glaring at the overflowing mountains of waste at the old dumpsites which have become historical landmarks in almost all the cities of India. They have become the new age volcanoes ready to explode at these dumpsites with non-existent edges. Years of leachate production causes water contamination, generation of greenhouse gases, odour, insect breeding, fire outbreaks, and land blocking have become the part of urban survival today.

Regulation has given its mandatory provisions for Bioremediation /Reclamation /Biomining of these dumpsites. Closures and rehabilitation of these old dumpsites has to be done.

ICUC Consultants is happy to have been involved in one such outlier project.