ABOUT ENVIS
A
memorandum of understanding between ENVIS through Senior Advisor,
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Government of India (ENVIS-
capacity Enhancement program) and National Solid Waste Association of
India (NSWAI) have signed on ENVIS- Capacity Enhancement Programme on
Urban Municipal Waste Management (UMWM) since 2002 and this association
has been recognized as NSWAI- ENVIS center sponsored by MoEF.
ABOUT NSWAI
National
Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI) is the only leading
professional non-profit organization in the field of Solid Waste
Management including Toxic and Hazardous Waste and also Biomedical
Waste in India. It was formed on 25th January 1996.
MoEF,
New Delhi, Government of India has identified NSWAI as one of the
centers (which was initially a node) in capacity building projects of
World Bank in Urban Municipal Solid Waste Management.
NSWAI
helps the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), New Delhi in
various fields of solid waste management in making policies and action
plans and is entrusted the responsibility of collecting information and
various data related to solid waste management from the municipalities
of Urban Class-I cities(population more than 1Lakh) and Urban Class-II
cities(population above 50,000), collate and disseminate the
information to website which is linked to national and international
organizations.
The
association is a member of the International Solid Waste Association
(ISWA), Copenhagen, Denmark and provides forum for exchange of
information and expertise in the field of Solid Waste Management at the
national and international level.
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