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MEGHALAYA IMPLEMENTS
DECENTRALIZED WASTE
MANAGEMENT
he northeastern State of Meghalaya have been adopted by the people of
is implementing various ODF Plus Meghalaya, and include:
Tactivities in a bid to transform the
» Channelling domestic wastewater to
entire State into a model ODF Plus State.
household backyards for irrigating
Based on the advisories of DDWS, Ministry
kitchen gardens
of Jal Shakti, SLWM activities have been
organized. » Utilizing household biodegradable waste
as feed for livestock such as pigs and
One of the interventions is the decentralized
poultry
management of liquid and biodegradable
waste at source. In this, indigenous methods » Converting household biodegradable
that are both user-friendly and eco-friendly waste into nutrient compost for use in
kitchen gardens
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