Mainstreaming circularity approaches for healthy soils in India: Learnings from piloting the Urban-Rural Nutrient & Carbon Cycle (URNCC) approach in Maharashtra

In India more than 54 million metric tons (MT) of municipal solid waste are generated every year of which 50% is organic. Without treatment, organic waste, containing valuable nutrients and carbon originating in agricultural fields, accumulates in urban environments. This loss of nutrients from rural agricultural landscapes contributes to its degradation. There is a potential to recycle urban organic waste into compost and other soil enhancing products to return nutrients and carbon back to the soils.