Verified · Apr 20251 min read
● projectScaled · local · 2015
Ambikapur SLRM model (Solid and Liquid Resource Management)
Decentralized waste management system in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, operated by women's self-help groups (SHGs) recruited through the National Urban Livelihood Mission.
illustrative atlas image · Frank Thiemonge / UnsplashAMAmbikapur Municipal CorporationSASwachh Ambikapur Mission Sahakari Samiti (SHG de mujeres)RSRitesh SainiSSShashikala Sinha
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01 The context
Some 470-480 women organized into 34 SHGs collect door to door, segregate waste the same day into more than 100 subcategories at 17-19 SLRM centres, sell recyclables and compost, and send non-recoverable waste to cement plants as fuel. Ambikapur became one of the first cities in India with a zero-waste landfill; the model was launched around 2015-2016 and the former dumpsite was turned into a park in 2016.
02 How it works
method · Co-processing of reject waste in cement plants (waste-to-fuel)method · Source segregation and sorting into +100 subcategoriesmethod · Operation by women's self-help groups (SHG)tool · SLRM centers (Solid and Liquid Resource Management)tool · User charges collection and sale of recyclables/compost
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
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Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
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EvidenceThe Ambikapur Model: How One Officer's Leadership Pioneered India's Zero-Waste MovementM. S. Chadha Center for Global India, Princeton University · 2024
ContextAmbikapur's women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the cityMongabay India · 2023