Developing “Zero Waste Model” for Solid Waste Management to Shift the Paradigm Toward Sustainability Sudipti Arora, Jasmine Sethi, Jayana Rajvanshi, Devanshi Sutaria, and Sonika Saxena Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 2 Background .................................................................................... 2 Solid Waste: Composition, Sources, and Types .............................................. 3 Current Practices of Solid Waste Management and Its Consequences ...................... 5 Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan .................................................... 7 Legal Framework for Solid Waste Management in India ........................................ 8 Governance for Solid Waste Management ................................................... 9 Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016 ........................................................ 9 Role of Economy in the Solid Waste Management .............................................. 11 From Eco-effectiveness to Eco-efficiency .................................................... 12 Zero Waste Model: AVisionary Concept .................................................... 13 Case Studies ...................................................................................... 16 Indore .......................................................................................... 17 Thiruvananthapuram .......................................................................... 18 Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur ................................................. 18 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 19 References ........................................................................................ 19 Abstract The current consumption-driven society produces an enormous volume of waste every day. Continuous depletion of natural finite resources is leading the globe to an uncertain future. Therefore, to prevent further depletion of global resources, sustainable consumption and a strategic waste management system would be required. Human activities generate tremendous amounts of solid waste, and the amounts tend to increase as the demand for quality of life increases. Today’ s waste generation rate in the country is alarming, posing a challenge to govern- ments regarding environmental pollution. The expectation is that eventually S. Arora (*) · J. Sethi · J. Rajvanshi · D. Sutaria · S. Saxena Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, India e-mail: jasmine@blalbiotech.com; jayana@blalbiotech.com; sonika@blalbiotech.com © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 C. Baskar et al. (eds.), Handbook of Solid Waste Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7525-9_20-1 1