Garbage is collected at the Mormugao Municipal Council’s facility at Sada, deploying windrow composting to manage the wet waste.
Mormugao turns to Sada to manage waste disruption
VASCOWhen the Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao shut its doors, Vasco faced a familiar nightmare waiting to happen: garbage with nowhere to go, mounting pressure on municipal infrastructure and the real possibility of fresh dumping spots emerging across the town.
Mapusa’s waste management holds up, but for how long?
MAPUSAMapusa may be keeping its streets free of garbage despite the Goa Waste Management Corporation’s (GWMC) 25-day restriction on waste deliveries to the Saligao treatment plant, but the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) admits that the arrangement could come under strain if the disruption continues beyond a month.With the civic body...
File photo of wet waste from Margao being transported to the Cacora treatment plant.
Margao’s Cacora dependence exposes Sonsodo planning gap
MARGAOThe Goa Waste Management Corporation’s (GWMC) decision to stop accepting waste at the Saligao treatment plant is unlikely to affect Margao, which has been sending its wet waste to Cacora for the past three years. 
The temporary shutdown has highlighted the need for reliable backup systems for waste disposal.
Saligao shutdown leaves Tiswadi panchayats scrambling for stop-gap measures
PANAJIWith the Saligao waste treatment plant refusing to accept wet waste from six Tiswadi panchayat jurisdictions for approximately 25 days due to maintenance work, village bodies have been forced to improvise to prevent a garbage crisis.
WASTE CRISIS: WHERE IS THE BACKUP?
The 25-day shutdown of the Saligao waste treatment plant has raised questions about Goa’s preparedness for major disruptions to waste management. Six panchayats and two municipalities are affected, while Cacora has limited spare capacity to absorb additional waste. Proposed plants at Bainguinim and Verna offer a potential long-term solution, but will take time to become operational. The Goan examines the gaps in contingency planning and the need for reliable alternatives
Garbage is collected at the Mormugao Municipal Council’s facility at Sada, deploying windrow composting to manage the wet waste.
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Mormugao turns to Sada to manage waste disruption
VASCOWhen the Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao shut its doors, Vasco faced a familiar nightmare waiting to happen: garbage with nowhere to go, mounting pressure on municipal infrastructure and the real possibility of fresh dumping spots emerging across the town. Yet, several days into the disruption, the Mormugao...
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