<span style="color: #222222;">A report on Waste-wise Cities: Best practices in Municipal Solid Waste Management – a comprehensive knowledge repository of how Indian cities are managing their solid waste – was released by NITI Aayog and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) recently. The report documents best practices from 28 cities in 15 states of India.<br />”<br />”Five cities in Maharashtra have been placed in the list due to their relentless efforts and best practices adopted for solid waste management. AIR correspondent reports, Vengurla Municipal Council adopted a two bins-two bags – green for biodegradable waste and blue for non-biodegradable waste – approach for source segregation.It also used technologies like vermi-composting and bio methanation for kitchen waste and organic waste converter for fish or meat and fibrous wastes.<br />”<br />”Karad struggled initially to manage its sanitary waste due to a number of social and technical issues. By managing to break the taboo around sanitary waste, the City Administration has achieved a 100 percent sanitary waste collection rate.<br />”<br />”Chandrapur city, which used to collect mixed waste and dumped it indiscriminately in the Ballarpur dumping ground five years ago, achieved 85 percent source segregation and nearly 95 percent waste processing by sensitising all the stakeholders through extensive Information, Education and Communication (IEC), capacity-building programmes and awareness campaigns.<br />”<br />”Pune city introduced the Red Dot campaign, a one-of-its-kind initiative, where citizens, workers and Administration unanimously accepted their responsibility, making it a lesson for other cities in India.&nbsp;</span><br />