Knowledge Products Series · No. 01

The Indore model of municipal solid waste management

An independent 48-page Industry Outlook on the system that has topped India's sanitation rankings eight years running — its governance, value chain, economics and outlook.

8

Consecutive #1 ranks, 2017–25

~1,115

TPD waste managed every day

6

streams segregated at source

48

seven chapters, fully sourced

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About this report

A system to be understood — architecture, economics and outlook.

"The Indore model" has become shorthand in policy circles. This report goes underneath the headline to explain how the system actually works — analytical rather than promotional, and written for people who must make decisions or form judgements.

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The problem & the sequenced reform

The 2015 baseline, and the decade of change in which the order of interventions was itself the design choice.

03

The integrated value chain
Six-stream segregation, the GPS fleet, transfer stations and the Devguradia processing complex.

04

The economics

A worked cost-recovery analysis, the revenue stack, carbon finance, and India's first public municipal green bond.

05

Legacy, equity & risk

The Devguradia remediation, the value-migration question, and where to focus stress-testing.

06

Comparative analysis & outlook
Indore against Surat, Ambikapur, Pune and Mysuru, plus international benchmarks.

07

Five preconditions for replication

The conditions the evidence suggests must co-occur for the model to transfer.

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