Approach Note - Solid Waste Management

8/19/2019 Approach Note - Solid Waste Management

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PROPOSAL FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR KUKREJA RESIDENCY

A) Why is Waste segregation Important

• Everyday Mumbai generates more than 7500 MT of garbage (unofficial figures are

10,000 MT).

• With the city’s other 3 dumping grounds – Gorai, Mulund, Kanjurmarg closed or non-

functional due to litigation, the entire burden comes on the Deonar dumping

ground.

• The Deonar dumping ground sits on 326-acre of land, and is one of Asia’’s oldest and

largest garbage dumping grounds, with the garbage mount more than 9 storeys high,

and its gone much past its saturation levels.

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There was a HC order in 2008 demanding closure of Dumping ground, and scientific

management of waste. This process was to get completed by 2011, and the entire

land was supposed to have been converted into a recreation ground.

• Due to BMCs apathy and large amount of money laundering that happens between

the contractors, politicians, scrap dealers, etc..the dumping ground is still functional.

• The Deonar gases-a concoction of carcinogens, methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen

sulphide and fine particulate matter lead to a high incidence of TB and respiratory

problems in the suburbs of Chembur and Govandi. While 0.03 parts of formaldehydeper million parts of air (ppm) is considered normal, there is 20 to 60 ppm in the air

around Deonar.With average inhalation, formaldehyde causes irritation to the eyes

and skin. But with such high levels, it leads tocancer of the nose, lungs and throat.

• Large amount of methane that is generated also causes frequent fires (like the one

that we witnessed from Jan 28th

onwards) and this contaminates the air quality. The

AQI index released by SAFAR indicates that we have been living in very poor quality

air since the last many months.

• BMC is also not enforcing garbage segregation in the city, and hence the waste that

is dumped is a mixture of wet waste, along with plastic, thermocol, e waste, etc.

While wet waste decomposes, burning of plastic and e waste is dangerous as it

releases carcinogenic chemicals such as Dioxins and Furans.

• Hence, while there is a fight going on since the last several years to shut down the

dumping ground, Closure of the dump can be achieved by working at the Source

That is – if Citizens and contractors become more responsible and generate zero

waste from their societies.




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B) What does Zero Waste mean?

Waste generated in your house is manageable waste. Do not send it to the dumping

grounds. Segregate it at source into dry and wet waste. The wet waste goes to a manure pit

near your locality. You can reuse it. The dry waste goes back to the manufacturer for

recycling. What remains for the dumping ground is zilch!

While this segregation will require a small effort initially from each of us, once you get used

to it, we can be proud and responsible citizens who have taken an effort as a Community to

leave behind Cleaner Air for our children to Breathe.

Many Societies around us have already implemented waste management successfully since

the last few years.

C) Evaluation of Waste Management Options for Kukreja Residency

In last few weeks, we spoke to few leading vendors (including NGOs) working in the field of

waste management in residential buildings. We zeroed down on 4 of them based on their

customer feedback and reach across Chembur.

These are - DIRT, GREENCITI, STREEMUKTI SANGATHANA, and SAMPURNA EARTH

Before embarking on this exercise, we first determined our objective and then the

evaluation criteria. Objective of Kukreja Residency is to -

1) REDUCE &RECYCLE : Minimise the amount of garbage produced by KR that goes to city

landfills

2) PRODUCE - As a community, become a producer instead of just consumer

Our evaluation criteria included: scalability, ease of maintenance, longevity, cost per family,

tangible & non-tangible benefits in return, customer references

We understood all the prevalent models that promised to meet our objective, their pros and

cons and how they rated on our evaluation criteria

Based on this exercise here is the recommended approach for managing our waste -

The overall waste produced from our house can be broadly divided into 4 categories -

1. Wet Waste: produced from kitchen. vegetable waste, food waste, garden waste,

coconut shells, wood pieces, Nails, hair, eggshells, bones and flesh, used cotton,

paper, etc

2. Dry Waste: paper, plastic, tetrapaks, foils, wrappers, thermocol, rubber, cloth, metal,

rexine, (newspapers and magazines can be continued to be given to raddiwalas by

individual households)

3. Electronic Waste: electronics, batteries, fused bulbs, tube lights, etc

4. Bio Waste: diapers, insulin, sanitary pads




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D) This is how we can best manage this waste:

1. Wet Waste: Composting at source (at building level)

Install 2 Drum Compost Tumblers. Vendor will train and supervise housekeeping staff to

operate and maintain the tumblers. Vendor will provide necessary raw material, skills andtrainings, supervision

Expected quantity of compost produced per month from KR ~ 90 kg per day. Approximately

750 gms gets generated from every house each day.

Expected Compost that can be obtained every month – 150 kgs. This compost can be used

to in the flower bed area and around the compound wall to grow plants as well as can be

used by individual residents. If we have excess, we can give it to nearby nurseries or use it

for beautification/ growing trees in the neighbourhood.

Site identified: unused passage next to the Club house.

Product features and spec sheet is attached.

2. Dry waste: as listed above

Make a wire-mesh enclosure (with lock & shed) for the storage of dry waste. The shed will

be built in the central area below A and B wings.

This garbage will be collected by the vendor once every fortnight and sent for recycling.

Vendor will pay the society as per the weight and quality of garbage collected. The funds

collected will be used to compensate the house keeping staff since their work will increase.

3.

E-waste: electronic and electrical waste including devices, X-ray fils, batteries etc

Make a wire-mesh enclosure (with lock & shed) for the storage of e- waste. This can be

collected by the vendor routinely. Vendor will pay the society as per the weight in cash or

kind.

4. Bio-waste : diapers, used injections, sanitary pads etc

This will be picked up by housekeeping staff every day and loaded in BMC truck as usual. We

cannot process it as our level. This will go to the bio incinerator at the dump.

5. Electronic waste (as classified above)

A drum/ container will be kept in the building, and residents are requested to put

their discarded waste in this drum. Once a month, a recycling company will come

with its van and collect it

After evaluation, we have come up with the following recommendation:

1. Engage DIRT for wet waste management

2. Streemukti (NGO) for dry and e waste management

STREEMUKTI is an NGO actively working with local women for waste management. They are

already engaged with some of our residents. They are currently managing waste

management facility at Shatabdi hospital, TISS, TCS, Diamond Garden, Dattaguru,

Neelkanth, etc.




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E) Equipment/ Mechanism that will be provided –

1. 2 Tumblers for wet waste composting from DIRT, along with canopies

2. Colored Wheeled Dust Bins for Housekeeping. 2 to 3 in number

3.

Large Bin for collection of e waste4. 2bin1bag for every household. Green Dustbin for wet waste, Red for bio waste, bag

for collection of Dry Waste (segregation posters provided). Vendor will also conduct

a training session for the residents

F) Estimated costs:

• Year 1: 3000/- per family (one time cost)

• After than monthly expense/ contribution of Rs 100 per month per family, Towards

supervision, purchase of saw dust, and other ancillary expenses

Estimated Income that will be generated every month from Dry Waste – Rs 5000. (assuming

we will not give newspapers, magazines, etc). This income will go towards compensating the

housekeeping staff

G) Next step :

1. Take approval from builder

2. Sign contract with the vendor(s)

3. Allocate space. Get sites prepared.

4.

Educate housekeeping staff.

5. Inform and educate all residents. Provide assistance to residents and house-helps for

segregation-at-source.

H) Target date of initialization: third week of March 2016

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Approach Note - Solid Waste Management