Plastic Waste Clogs Delhi Canals, New Delhi, India - 27 Jun 2024
Plastic waste clog the Taimoor Nagar Nalah on June 27, 2024 in New Delhi, India. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav attributed the waterlogging in Delhi following torrential rains on Friday morning to drains being clogged with plastic waste. The Capital currently generates over 1,100 tonnes per day (TPD) of plastic waste, but only around 870 TPD is being recycled or managed, leaving a gap of 242 TPD, or 22 percent of Delhi's plastic waste load which ends up either in drains, at landfill or finding its way to the Yamuna, the latest data shows. Delhi Government is unable to implement ban on single use plastic.