Catalysts for Transition to Circular Economy Solutions in the Biowaste Management Sector in India

Abstract

Environment deterioration, waste management, and energy deficiency are inherent problems in India's linear model of industrialisation. Agricultural waste is significant in size to India's organic waste and is experiencing a transformation from linear to circular bio-treatment methods, producing compressed natural gas (CNG) and contributing to the country's energy and farming needs. The change is an outcome of catalyst factors identified from multi-stakeholders in the ecosystem, which are demand, policy, and supply. Based on primary and secondary research, this chapter presents a catalyst framework to transform the linear model into a circular model in the biowaste sector in rural and urban India.