siliconindia | | May 20184With the current rate of waste disposal globally, we will soon be buried in the waste we create. While Statista claims that the market for waste management is expected to be sized at around $562 billion in 2020, a study by Global Market Insights reports that the global solid waste management market will reach $340 billion by 2024. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs adds that the share of urban population across the globe is projected to reach 66 percent by 2050 when compared to 52 percent in 2014. On the other hand, MarketsandMarkets states that the industrial waste management market will grow to $1,442 billion by 2019 at a CAGR of 8.9 percent from 2014 to 2019. Despite such alarming numbers, we humans intend to keep generating waste (biodegradable, non-biodegradable, biomedical, e-waste, solid waste, industrial waste, and several others) and dispose it off without segregating it for proper waste management. This is causing damage not just to the environment but to the human body system as well having both direct and indirect health impact. Our capital city Delhi has become one of the most polluted cities of the world, and is fuming with several health issues. On the other hand, the Silicon Valley of India, once popularly known as the Garden City - Bengaluru is no behind. The city of lakes have turned to city of Burning Lakes. The illegal dumping of waste mixed with mass untreated sewage is creating a water crisis not just threatening the residents' health but also causing the city's lakes to catch fire. While we speak of Delhi and Bengaluru, there are several other Indian cities that's catching up with them. Though we have neglected the waste management story for long, it is time for us to catch up with the global trends to recycle and reuse our waste, ensuring nothing goes waste in Nature. Hence it is imperative that the government takes necessary steps to counter the current situation and come up with eminent solutions. On the other hand, big societies, hotels and healthcare centers too can collaborate with waste management companies to ensure their generated wastes are treated efficiently to generate energy that can be consumed. Using latest technologies, waste management companies are working towards creating zero waste philosophy. Their partnership with government and private organizations and societies are as important as pure Oxygen. And if you are looking at treating your wastes, our current issues of `20 Most Promising Waste Management Companies - 2018', a comprehensive list of waste management companies that intent to create a greener environment for us and for our generations to come is the perfect read. Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialCreating Greener, Sustainable Environmentsiliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 10 - 3 · May 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Aiswarya Babu K Ananth .V Karthik Muralidhar Krupa P. Dave Shefali Mathur Sophia Rohtagi Sujith Vasudevan Srrayvinya OLM Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Mohana Krishnan Manjunath Group Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima AnandCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalAmeet Kumar Sahoo Nicky Kumari Shashi Ranjan Sambit Satpathy Susnigdha Bhowmik
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