New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- India has made substantial progress in collecting municipal waste, but processing has not kept pace, according to a new report released on Wednesday, 5 August.

Of approximately 170,000 tonnes of municipal waste generated each day, around 104,000 tonnes is processed, according to the report by the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and Gateway Research.

The remaining waste either reaches disposal sites unprocessed or remains in the gap recorded in official data, says the report titled 'Municipal Solid Waste Management in India: Policy and Technology Pathways for Climate Action,'

The studey found India collects more than 90 per ent of the municipal solid waste it generates, but nearly 40 per ce...