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East Coast Regional Consultation on Climate Change Adaptation Rajahmundry, AP, August 26-27, 2013 Session V: Cities & Climate Change H.V.Gayitri Climate Proofing with Solid Waste Management Folie 1 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 1 The Issue Class I cities contribute 79% of urban waste Urban India producing 126,000 tons per day Mumbai alone emits 22000 tons per year as pollutants into the atmosphere through open burning and landfill fires Unsanitary landfilling pollutes ground, surface water, emits green house gases, and pollutes the air The Waste Venture view: At Waste Ventures we believe that Waste is Wealth We use waste to change lives of the most marginalised communities Folie 2 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 2 Our Offer Collection of waste at door step Segregation of waste Daily reliable service Weather Neutral Women / elderly friendly Take waste from households directly to secondary collection to maintain clean streets Segregated waste at dump site Desired standard Best quality compost Segregation of garbage Resource optimization Recycling of plastic Clean bins & surrounding Prevent of generation of toxic material Acceptable to use Value recovered Garden waste collected properly Workers in safe work environment. Healthy surrounding for households Human interface Best quality compost Sale of glass, paper, metal, etc. Recycled plastic used as alternative to virgin raw materials in manufacturing plants Increased life of dump site Folie 3 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 3 Challenges Reasonably good policies- but far from satisfactory delivery. Lack of awareness /regressive mind-sets Lack of political will Lack of understanding of what is required to implement successfully (India is littered with failed SWM initiatives) We design and test strategies to address these challenges in our Learning Labs Learnings can be transplanted from/ to any part of the state/ country Insights are relevant for both public sector policy Folie and4 private sector enterprise Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 4 Infinite Opportunities We have : –7 Mega Cities –28 Metros –968 cities with population more than 50,000 And hardly any of these have any visible/viable SWM We could bring about a social revolution by empowering the poorest of the poor and the most marginalised communities of this country. Change the quality of life of 79% of the population of this country by ensuring cleaner air, cleaner water and a healthier earth. We break even within 18 months and achieve a 28% profit margin by year 5. This is important to attract others to adopt our model Folie 5 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 5 We need to do something now! In a BAU scenario Class I & II Cities in India will be generating 54 million tons per year by 2021 That is enough waste to bury the entire 110 square km area of Rajahmundry in garbage piled up to your waists Just two years ago, we were generating 35 million tons per year and within a decade waste generation will be increasing by a little more than 50% In a BAU scenario, India will not be able to dispose these wastes properly and productively – UNLESS-We do something NOW!! Folie 6 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 6 INVITED FOR QUERIES & SUGGESTIONS www.wasteventures.org Folie 7 Dokumentation Ergebnisse 29./30 August 2006 / Folie 7