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Kolkata: The state Municipal Affairs department has taken a slew of measures to develop an infrastructure for scientific disposal of solid waste which is a major challenge with 15,000 metric tonnes of urban solid waste per day being generated in the state. The department has taken up the task of educating people in every ward for segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste at source. We are training them on how to scientifically demarcate the recyclable waste types," said Subrata Gupta, principal secretary of municipal affairs department. UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) has started a process in Howrah Municipal Corporation area to segregate plastic at source. There are presently 88 dumpsites across the state and 40 lakh tonnes of solid waste is presently accumulated at the Dhapa landfill site..