solid & municipal waste management of local area of karachi

IN THE NAME OF

ALLAH, THE

MOST

BENIFICIENT, THE

MOST MERCIFUL

The Day starts By Two People…Who starts Their Journey from New Sabzi

Mandi & reach Gulistan-e-Jauhar..

Their Primary Responsibility Is to:

Manage food & Shelter for themselves

& for their Family… &

To clean up the mess & garbage form

the streets & houses of Karachi…

The two People Are…..28 years old

Kamal Khan

And his 10 years old Son

Sultan Khan

Presented By :

INTRODUCTION

Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as

trash or garbage, is a waste type consisting of

everyday items we consume and discard. It

predominantly includes food wastes, yard wastes,

containers and product packaging, and other

miscellaneous inorganic wastes from residential,

commercial, institutional, and industrial sources.

Wikipedia

THE FLOW OF PROCESS

WASTE COLLECTION &

SEGRIGATION AT THE SOURCE

WASTE TRANSPORTATION

& DISPOSAL

TREATMENT OF RECYCLE ABLE

WASTE

WASTE COLLECTION

PRIMARY DATA:

There are approximately 1000 houses

Each house is generating 2.5kg of solid waste per

day

The collection system is door to door collecting

system comprises of donkey car Vehicles

Each vehicle has 2 plastic bags for collecting

waste, each of 80 kg capacity

6 vehicles are used to collect the waste each day

Each vehicle is collecting about 400kg of Solid

waste

WASTE COLLECTING BAGS

WASTE COLLECTION

The waste is collected in a traditional manner using

donkey cars

The waste collectors reach at the door step of each

house & collect the waste

At the same time, they segregate the waste & store

the recycle able material in a separate plastic bag

Collection Vehicle

Collection at the door steps

WASTE SEGRIGATION AT THE SOURCE

The collected Solid waste consists of:

Kitchen waste (mostly biological)

Thermal Waste

Recycle able waste

Inert

About 75% of waste consists of:

Kitchen waste

Remaining of Vegetables & fruits

Garden & yard

Inert

Remaining of cocked food

WASTE SEGRIGATION AT THE SOURCE

Remaining 25% is recycle-able items which consist of the following items:

Glass

Animal Bones

White paper

Plastics

Disposable bottles of water & soft drinks

Plastic ( hard & soft)

Rubber

Tire

Leather

Bread

Tube

Human hairs

SEGREGATION AT THE SOURCE

SEGREGATION AT THE SOURCE

Recycle-able Waste Consist Of cardboards, Plastic Bottles, Paper etc

WASTE TRANSPORTATION & DISPOSAL

The waste is transported to the disposal site in a

vehicle

The waste is disposed off at a nearby disposal site

adjacent to the vicinity of Karachi University

The waste is re-segregated at the dumping site

The recycle able waste is taken away by the waste

collectors

The waste is transported to the secondary dumping

site at Gulshan-e-Iqbal by KMC Trucks & Tractors

WASTE SEGREGATION AT THE DUMPING SITE

Primary Dumping Site

WASTE TRANSPORTATION & DISPOSAL

The dumping site at Gulshan consist of waste

coming from Gulshan Town

The waste is then transported to the main landfill

site at Surjani

The waste is burnt out in the air at the landfill site

WASTE COLLECTION & TRANSPORTATION TO

THE MAIN LANDFILL SITE

WASTE DISPOSAL

AT LANDFILL SITE

RECYCLE-ABLE WASTE TREATMENT

The recycle-able Waste is sold to junk dealers by

the waste collectors

There are many facilities of these junk dealers in

Karachi who have made great business & fame

RECYCLE-ABLE WASTE SELLING RATES

Materials Rates (Rs/Kg)

Human Hairs 1700

Plastic, Leather 1200

Animal Bones 5

White Paper 9-10

Glass 5

Tin, Deposable bottles 55

Rubber 5

Tire 5

Dry Bread 18

Tubes 12Updated Aug 2011

ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH ISSUES

The dumping sites are open to air & are serious danger

to the residence of the nearby residential areas

The waste reach at the roads & pedestrian paths,

effecting the city beauty

Birds & flies fly over the waste, becoming a source of risk

to Arial accidents

The burning of waste emits CO2, NOx, depleting our

Ozone layer & increasing global warming

BURNING OF WASTE EMITS

CO,CO2 & OTHER

DANGEROUS GASSES

THE FLYING BIRDS CAN

BECOME A SOURCE OF

HUGE AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS

SUGGESTIONS & IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

Short Term Strategy:

Covered waste collection bags

Personnel Protection

Top Covered Dumping Site

Rapid movement of KMC trucks for collection of waste

Increase in the salary of waste collectors

Transforming the treatment of recycle-able waste under

KMC

SUGGESTIONS & IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

Medium & Long Term Strategy:

Better waste collecting vehicles

Converting secondary dumping

site into GTS with modern

facility of waste segregation

Proper landfill site operation

with additional facility of

composting, waste to energy,

hazardous material disposal

& bio gas formation

I THANK YOU ALL

QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME