New Delhi, June 2 -- To address the country's escalating waste crisis, the Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) organised a National Solid Waste Management Conference on Sunday at The Ashok Hotel in New Delhi.

Themed "Transformative Approaches for Sustainable Solid Waste Management," the conference brought together over 250 experts, policymakers, and stakeholders from across India to deliberate on innovative strategiesfor waste reduction and sustainable urban living.

The conference was organised under the CSR initiative of the Swarn Lata Madarsen Trust through Project SORT, a community-focused program launched in 2018 that emphasises waste segregation at source, local treatment of waste and behavioural change among the public, part...