India, Oct. 26 -- With railway stations in Mumbai's Central Railway division generating an estimated 20-30 tonnes of garbage every day, the railways plans to set up five material recovery facilities (MRFs) to segregate, process and recycle the waste. The facilities, proposed at Wadi Bunder, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Kalyan, Igatpuri and Panvel, will handle discarded plastic bottles, food wrappers, waste paper and other disposable items as the railways steps up efforts to implement solid waste management rules at its stations.

Railway officials said each facility would occupy around 8,000 sq ft. The initiative is aimed at improving waste management at stations and reducing dependence on civic bodies for disposal.

The first facility ...