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Waste Management
A New Paradigm
To reassign waste management
From Govt... Corp... Municipalities
To Waste Producers
The strategy…
If not entirely, yet significantly!
What is ‘Waste’?
… not needed …
… of no use …
… of no value …
Right?
Go into nature… and look…!
Everything in nature is either reused or recycled!!
There’s nothing called
waste in nature!!!
We are not apart from nature!
We must live by nature’s rules… or we’ll have to pay the price… we’re already
paying that!So, we really have little
choice…
Each of us must answer this question…
How do I deal with this so called “WASTE” in a way to
make it useful to humans, animals or plants, or even to me, perhaps on a later date?
Don’t simply throw out ‘Waste’
But throw out the‘Use and Throw’
Culture
New Paradigm Process:Account for waste
Deal with waste
Mitigate environmental impact of waste
That can work only if…There are new laws or drastic changes to existing laws There are stringent inspection standards and monitoring mechanismsThere are strict enforcement systems and exemplary penal action for non-compliance
Accounting for waste…
Gaseous waste (Cl+Hg
Vapour)
Liquid waste
When there is no waste accounting…Semi-solid
Brine Sludge (Mercury-
rich)
3000 mm Rainfall
Sea SeaFactory
Accounting for waste…INPUT
RAW MATERIAL & ENERGY
OUTPUTGOODS OR SERVICES
CONTAINABLE WASTE
UNCONTAINABLE WASTE
Accounting for waste…
Process
Input Output
Waste
Industrial/Agricultural/Service Sectors
Accounting for waste…Process Input Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on…
Characteristics of Inputs
Quantities Handled
Handling Efficiency
Accounting for waste…Process Input Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on…
Process Characteristics
Process Efficiency
Capacity Utilization
Accounting for waste…Process Input Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on…
Characteristics of Outputs
Actual ProductionDefects and Rejects
Handling Efficiency
Accounting for waste…Waste
Containable
Uncontainable
Benign Toxic
Pathogenic
Environmentally Unsafe
Accounting for waste…Waste
Containable
Uncontainable
Benign Toxic
Pathogenic
Environmentally Unsafe
Accounting for waste…Waste
Containable
Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
Accounting for waste…Waste
Containable
Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
Degrading Multiplying
NeutralizationRapid Slow
Accelerate-able
EIA/Storage
Accounting for waste…Waste
Containable
Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
Recyclable
Non-recyclable
Raw Material
In Situ Recycling
Natural Storage
Secure Storage
Accounting for waste…
Quantifying the Waste
It’s directly proportional to
‘production’
“Waste Auditing”
Accounting for waste…
It must be legally binding on all institutions to account for the waste they generate…
They must annually prepare a waste audit report on the
same lines as…
“Financial Auditing”
Dealing with waste…Then the institutions must also
declare how they have dealt with their waste…
In that, they must adhere to the appropriate guidelines stipulated
for each item of the ‘waste’ or pay up stiff fines…
To mitigate environmental effects due to improper dealing with
waste.
Dealing with waste…
Here’s the principle…
Waste Producer must recycle the waste or
ensure waste reaches the recycler
Dealing with waste…
What about the households…
Same principle holds, but with some infrastructure/organisational
support…
Dealing with waste…
Dealing with waste…
SEWERAGE LINE (TO GASIFIER)
WASTE WATER LINE (TO TREATMENT PLANT)
NON-BIODEGRADABLE (TO WASTE DEALER/RECYCLING)
SOLID WASTE
NO HURRY!SEGREGATE – ACCUMULATE – SEND
BIODEGRADABLE (TO COMPOST/GASIFIER)
Mitigating environmental impact of waste…
Mitigating environmental impact of waste…
Sometimes mitigation may not be possible…
So, just stop using items that are environmentally
unsafe…
Mitigating environmental impact of waste…
Example: Ending use of CFC
… a decade later…
The hole in Ozone Layer has begun closing!
It’s our duty… to clear up the waste we generate…No more ‘waste-dumps’ as
legacy for future generations…
We must clean up… and now!
Where do we begin?
By taking a serious look at our
consumption…Consumption & waste generation go hand in
hand!
Unfortunately… modern economies thrive on
‘consumption’
Advertisements drive consumption…
…turning even undesirable ‘wants’ into inescapable ‘needs’
…luring us into unwarranted consumption…
Most of us behave like…
Pavlov’s Dogs
…does that ring a bell?
Consume by all means…
…and pay for that fully too
…which shall include cost of managing any waste so
generated!
…but modestly… as ‘needed’
Drive your cars by all means…
But pay up for creating/sustaining
carbon sinks…
…that can soak up CO2 your car produces as you drive!
Of course, it won’t be cheap…But then, we can ill-afford to live cheaply or free now…
…and make the coming generations pay for it!
That’s neither morally nor ethically correct!!!
Once more… the key question…
That’s the key to waste management!
How do I deal with this so called “WASTE” in a way to make it useful to others—
humans, animals or plants, or even to me, perhaps on a
later date?
Thank You…
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