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Bicholim Sets Example with Decentralised Waste Processing in Goa
✍️ Hindustan Times
🗓 24 Aug 2026, 04:48 PM
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The town of Bicholim in Goa has become a model for decentralized waste processing, reducing landfill dependence and promoting local recycling.
Bicholim, a municipality in the Indian state of Goa, has recently implemented a decentralized waste processing system that has drawn attention from state officials and environmental groups.
The initiative focuses on treating waste at the source, allowing for segregation, composting and recycling within the community.
By handling waste locally, the town aims to cut the volume that reaches regional landfills and to reduce transportation costs.
Local authorities say the program has already begun to show positive environmental outcomes, with increased compost production and a decline in open dumping.
Bicholim’s approach is being promoted as a model that other Goan towns could adopt to meet the state’s waste management targets.
The initiative focuses on treating waste at the source, allowing for segregation, composting and recycling within the community.
By handling waste locally, the town aims to cut the volume that reaches regional landfills and to reduce transportation costs.
Local authorities say the program has already begun to show positive environmental outcomes, with increased compost production and a decline in open dumping.
Bicholim’s approach is being promoted as a model that other Goan towns could adopt to meet the state’s waste management targets.