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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.GayitriClimate Proofing with Solid Waste

Management

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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

The IssueThe Issue

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Our OfferOur Offer

Take waste from households directly to secondary collection to maintain clean streets

Segregation of garbage

Clean bins & surrounding

Acceptable to use Garden waste collected properly

Healthy surrounding for households

Segregated waste at dump site

Desired standard Best quality compost

Resource optimization

Recycling of plastic Prevent of generation of toxic material

Value recovered Workers in safe work environment.

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

Collection of waste at door step

Segregation of waste

Daily reliable service

Weather Neutral Women / elderly friendly

Human interface

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ChallengesChallenges

Lack of awareness Lack of awareness /regressive mind-sets/regressive mind-sets

Reasonably good policies- but far Reasonably good policies- but far from satisfactory delivery.from satisfactory delivery.

We design and test We design and test strategies to strategies to address these address these challenges in our challenges in our Learning LabsLearning Labs

Learnings can be Learnings can be transplanted from/ transplanted from/ to any part of the to any part of the state/ countrystate/ country

Insights are relevant Insights are relevant for both public for both public sector policy and sector policy and private sector private sector enterpriseenterprise

Lack of political willLack of political will

Lack of understanding of what is required to Lack of understanding of what is required to implement successfully implement successfully (India is littered with failed SWM initiatives)(India is littered with failed SWM initiatives)

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We have :–7 Mega Cities–28 Metros–968 cities with population more than 50,000And 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

Infinite OpportunitiesInfinite Opportunities

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In a BAU scenario Class I & II Cities in India will be generating 54 million tons per year by 2021That is enough waste to bury the entire 110 square km area of Rajahmundry in garbage piled up to your waistsJust 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%

We need to do something now!We need to do something now!

In a BAU scenario, India will not be able to dispose these wastes properly and productively – UNLESS-We do something NOW!!

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