Onsite trainings were conducted with active participation from city officials from 24 states.
The objective of the programmes was to enable participants understand the essential legislation and compliance in implementation of Solid Waste Management (SWM) at the local bodies, and allied waste management issues prevailing in different contours of the country. The programmes basically encompassed lectures, case studies, dialogues, assignments and group activities viz. identifying challenges, and developing strategies for all the elements of solid waste management ranging from source segregation, capacity building and monitoring.