There is a need for a holistic, integrated and sustainable waste management system in India, said Union Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunshi. She inaugurating a two-day symposium on 'Technology & Equipments for Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling' in association with ICI in New Delhi recently.
The Minister said, the plan should also target for waste diversion and recycling through implementation of new policies, information technologies, awareness and waste management facilities.
Recycling of aggregate materials from construction and demolition waste can turn the otherwise waste materials into usable products and help in the conservation of natural resources for future generations as well as for the sustainable development of the society, Dasmunshi added.