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Garbage segregation is very much needed; but the problem goes beyond
Written By murali772 - 20 May, 2014
Bangalore BBMP Garbage Citizen Reports public health environment solid waste management
Sinu and Bhaskar were at the dumping yard in Lakshmipura last week, and happened to capture some pretty horrible images of waste picking. Feeling that it was important to share this with others, they made the short video, accessible through the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nnIAe8siPk&feature=youtu.be
A friend commented as below, on a Yahoogroup, after viewing it:
If this video does not convince someone that that the current "wisdom" doing the rounds as the "right way for SWM"is faulty , nothing else will. Rag picking is scavenging as , simple as that. This should be a first (and immediate) emphasis of any SWM thinking ..
Until we admit that unsegregated waste (and lots of it), is a reality for quite some time to come, we will have pipe dreams while ragpickers and those around landfills, continue to suffer. Once you admit unsegregated waste is a reality, different solutions/ methods/ approaches start to at least be considered.
I agree. So, what may be the solutions, beyond segregation?
Muralidhar Rao
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Road Map on Managment of Waste in India
Sanjeev - 24 May, 2014 - 10:54
Road Map on Managment of Waste in India
By Ministry of Environment and Forests / GOI
http://moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/Roadmap-Mgmt-Waste.pdf
Rag Pickers are the unpaid saviors of ugly urban waste.. see...
Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 21 May, 2014 - 04:43
Have a look at the Vision Statement on SWM presented to Mysore City Corporation that contains some useful suggestions that are under consideration/pilots, in this link:
http://praja.in/en/blog/vmenon/2014/05/05/alternate-way-looking-solutions-swm#comment-35988
Vasanthkumar Mysoremath
Wet Garbage and Dry Garbage compost
Sanjeev - 24 May, 2014 - 04:01
I was checking with one truck person who was loading only leaves from our company presmises,
All the dry leaves only were collected neatly at one place daily and loaded into trcuk full. They are taken to place after Yelahanka on Airport Road for Vermi Compost. That means, same compost will get sold in open market at rate Rs 50 75/- per Kg for citizens or farmers.
That means all the Juice Centers, Sugercane centers, Big Darshanis, Tender Coconut vendors can make money even from these left over, if Govt provides wet collection centers thru people who are involved in Vermi Comost and pay those who bring this above mentioned wet waste.
Other thing these Vegitable, Fruit and Flower markets like Yesvantpur, Yelahanaka, KR Market, near electronic city Fruit Market
Automatically, large chunk of Wet Garbage Generation will come down.
Thermocol disposing even though it form 1% of hazardous waste
Sanjeev - 24 May, 2014 - 06:04
Problem of thermocol waste disposal :
In Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits 3.65 lakh kg thermocol waste generated in the city every year.
PCMC is planning to set up a thermocol waste processing plant that will recycle nearly 3.65 lakh kg thermocol waste generated in the city every year.
Thermocol is used in large quantities for industrial and packing purposes, as well as in eateries in the form of thermocol plates and glasses. In fact, every day, nearly 1,000 kg thermocol waste is disposed of in garbage bins, rivers or nullahs leading to pollution.
Which all Cities have banned Thermocol in the world ???
Sanjeev - 24 May, 2014 - 06:52
New York City, Amherst, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California; and Portland, Oregon, Portland
http://www.ecomaine.org/portland-moves-toward-banning-styrofoam/
It's increasingly unwelcome in communities across the USA.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/21/polystyrene-foam-ban/4141835/
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