PRAYAGRAJ, April 25 -- As part of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation's (PMC) efforts to make the city's waste disposal and management more effective, a modern scientific landfill (SLF) has been constructed in an area of 40,000 square metres in Baswar at Naini, informed municipal officials.

According to the officials, it is more effective, safe and environmentally friendly than traditional waste disposal methods. The special thing is that this scientific landfill has been created for disposing of mountains of garbage (legacy waste) and is specially designed for disposal of inert waste that is generated after processing fresh and old waste, they shared.

Scientific landfilling is a method of waste disposal that focuses on engineered design an...