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Fig. 8.18 Biomedical waste collection vehicle
• Sixty-two per cent of illegal waste trade cases happened in trans boundary routes.
• Developed countries appeared at the core of the illegal waste management
business.
• Most of the illegal waste disposal sites were identified in Europe.
• About 134 routes of trans boundary illegal waste trade were identified.
• Sixty percent of 134 trans boundary illegal wastes trade routes were interregional
movements.
• The majority of these illicit trade corresponded to exports from Europe to developing nations besides nations with economies in transition.
• Emerging trends included the increase in the Middle East and Latin America as
export, import regions and intraregional waste trafficking.
But in the reality, in spite of availability of funding, scams and mafia pose hurdles to effective waste management.
Chennai Corporation, India, tied up with private contractors to clear the waste
from parts of the city with payment modality based on every ton of municipal solid
waste collected. But in many instances, construction debris was collected to boost
the weight and the compensation owed to them (Lopez 2017).
In another scam, the officials of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) utilized Rs.
5500 million in the name of salaries and other benefits to 6600 waste collectors who
existed only on paper (Kulkarni 2019). The city has at least 100 illegal waste dump8 Solid and Semi-Solid Waste Management
Fig. 8.18 Biomedical waste collection vehicle
• Sixty-two per cent of illegal waste trade cases happened in trans boundary routes.
• Developed countries appeared at the core of the illegal waste management
business.
• Most of the illegal waste disposal sites were identified in Europe.
• About 134 routes of trans boundary illegal waste trade were identified.
• Sixty percent of 134 trans boundary illegal wastes trade routes were interregional
movements.
• The majority of these illicit trade corresponded to exports from Europe to developing nations besides nations with economies in transition.
• Emerging trends included the increase in the Middle East and Latin America as
export, import regions and intraregional waste trafficking.
But in the reality, in spite of availability of funding, scams and mafia pose hurdles to effective waste management.
Chennai Corporation, India, tied up with private contractors to clear the waste
from parts of the city with payment modality based on every ton of municipal solid
waste collected. But in many instances, construction debris was collected to boost
the weight and the compensation owed to them (Lopez 2017).
In another scam, the officials of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) utilized Rs.
5500 million in the name of salaries and other benefits to 6600 waste collectors who
existed only on paper (Kulkarni 2019). The city has at least 100 illegal waste dump8 Solid and Semi-Solid Waste Management