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title: "India’s solid waste in 2021-22 (CPCB)"
description: "India generates 1,70,339 tonnes of solid waste a day; 54% is processed and 22% is unaccounted for. What the CPCB 2021-22 report says."
url: "https://starbaseinnovations.in/insights/where-indias-solid-waste-goes-2021-22"
published: "2026-10-29T06:00:00.000Z"
updated: "2026-10-30T02:14:24.251Z"
---

# Where India’s solid waste goes: the 2021-22 numbers

India generates 1,70,339 tonnes of solid waste a day. Just over half is processed. More than a fifth is not accounted for at all.