clean and green city

Clean and Green City Tiruvalla An initiative of RADIO MACFAST 90.4

A Project of

MACFAST (MAR ATHANASIOS COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES

TIRUVALLA-689 101, KERALA, INDIA) Concept: Rev. Dr. Abraham Mulamoottil, Principal MACFAST

Project Compilation: Mr. Paul V. Mathew, Project Officer, Clean and Green City Tiruvalla

Clean and Green City Tiruvalla 2011

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Table of contents *

1. Project Background 5

2. Vision 5

3. Mission 6

4. Objectives 6

5. Concept 7

6. Approach – Green Waste Management 8

7. About the Region 11

8. Levels of implementation 11

8.1. Phase 1: Development of Model Clean and Green Campus at MACFAST 12

8.2. Phase 2: Project implementation 15

8.2.1. Methodology 16

8.2.1.1. Studies and Surveys 17

8.2.1.2. Development of an Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) 19

88..22..11..33.. Institutional Mechanism 20

8.2.1.4. Stake holders consultation work shop 26

8.2.1.5. Awareness and capacity building 28

8.2.1.5.1. Hand book on waste management 28

8.2.1.5.2. Green Volunteers 29

8.2.1.5.3. RADIO MACFAST 29

8.2.1.5.4. Clean and Green City Tiruvalla Website 30

8.2.1.5.5. Green Hour 32

8.2.2. Role of stake holders 33

8.2.3. Plausible Mechanism 34

8.2.4. Funding Mechanism and Business Models 39

8.3. Phase 3: Greening of city 42

8.3.1. Sponsorships – Beautification, Maintenance and Management 45

8.3.2. One sapling in one house 46

8.3.3. Sun heart – solar Campaign 46


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8.4. Proposals 47

8.4.1. Eco friendly bags - An alternative for plastic 47

8.4.2. Green School 48

8.4.3. Knowledge Centre 50

8.4.4. Eco Office 51

8.4.5. Bio Park 52

8.4.6. Eco Park 53

8.4.7. Eco Household 54

8.4.8. Green Certification 55

9. Manpower 55

10. Financials 55

11. Time frame 57

12. Conclusion 58

13. Annexure 59

Mechanism for Plastic Collection 59

Green School 61

Plastic Friends 66

Technologies 68

Service Providers 77


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ACRONYMS

1 6R’s Reduce, Reuse ,Recycle, Refuse, Repair and Rethink

2 CGC Clean and Green City

3 DE Documentation Expert

4 EM Effective Micro Organism

5 EPR Extended Producer Responsibility

6 EU Europian Union

7 FI Financial Institutions

8 GWC Green Working Committee

9 IMBY In My Backyard

10 ISWM Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan

11 IWM Integrated Waste Mangement Plan

12 LSG Local Self Government

13 MACFAST Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla

14 MLSC Municplal Level Steering Committee

15 MLTSU Municipal Level Technical Support Unit

16 NGO Non Governmental Organization

17 NIMBY Not In My Backyard

18 SHG Self Help Group

19 SS Supporting Staff

20 TA Technical Assistant

21 UNDP United Nations Development Program

22 UNEP United Nations Environmental Program

23 WLSC Ward Level Steering Committee

24 WLTT Ward Level Task Team

25 WMWC Waste Management Working Committee


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MACFAST Clean and Green City Tiruvalla

1. Project Background

Every one desires for a pristine, peaceful, unpolluted and calm environment and ambience. The

constitution also deserves this right to each citizen. But the augmentation in population and the

fast growing urbanization and industrialization totally unbalanced our expectations. The fast

moving economy and life style are contaminating our air, water and environment. Various

efforts from different corners to tackle these issues have not yet reached anywhere. In order to

retain our environment clean and healthy, a collective effort is required and it is obviously the

need of this hour. But the past stories invariably prove that the dream ‘Clean and Green City

Tiruvalla’ will come true if everyone contributes their roles. The concept ‘Clean and Green City

Tiruvalla’ emerged from the thought of creating a clean and green environment in the

municipality area of Tiruvalla through a complete Participatory Approach. The theme ‘Charity

begins at home’ will be the guiding principle for the project implementation. The project

includes the development of a model campus at MACFAST Tiruvalla along with the creation of a

zero waste Municipality. Effective awareness, capacity building programs, active participation

of stake holders, technical support for the implementation and Research and Development

services are the key strategies to achieve this target. In addition to the zero waste concept,

development of a sustainable model for waste management by cultivating eco friendly

practices, thereby generating income, are also envisaged.

2. Vision

To make a Model City that is Waste-free, Green and Healthy. Accomplish the creation of a

‘Clean and Green City Tiruvalla’ - a sustainable model for waste management, eco friendly

practices and greening with all environmental aspects for the whole city thereby proving that

waste management is viable, cost effective and financially sustainable.


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3. Mission

Development of zero waste and green Tiruvalla with unpolluted environment, better living

conditions and surroundings, quality life, sustainable/eco friendly practices and perfect

ambience through:

Effective and creative awareness programs

Catalyze development of attitudinal change among the people towards waste

management and environmental up keep.

Introducing and encouraging waste management practices in individuals especially in

children

Enable achievement of personal as well as environmental hygiene

Sanitation for all, especially installation of sanitation facilities at public places

Make the project implementation participatory

Facilitate active community participation

Spread the notion wealth from waste and waste as resource thereby developing eco

friendly products

Ensure all technical support including scientific as well as practical aspects of waste

management

Greening the city through the help of funding agencies and innovative farming practices

4. Objectives

Conduct studies and researches on waste management

Suggest effective waste disposal mechanism for each category – units/groups/chapters

Make the community aware about the negative impacts of environmental pollution and

methods of disposal including waste management techniques

Making the community directly responsible by promoting them as the volunteers for

waste management

Enable Local Self Government to take the lead role to achieve the target of ‘Clean and

Green City - Tiruvalla’


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Catalyze employment opportunities in waste management sector

Develop a Research and Development Centre for waste management in MACFAST

Campus

Provide technical support for waste management projects and programs

Enhancing Stakeholders’ capacity building in Environmental Management through

continous training and workshop for local government, NGOs, community leaders, Local

Self Groups and institutions

Make practical the concept ‘wealth from waste’ and ‘waste as resource’

Develop an institutional mechanism to promote eco friendly practices

Introduce eco friendly products instead of non biodegradable materials

Promote organic farming, eco product development, ornamental and herbal farms etc.

to emulate the greening concept

Promote funding agencies and sponsors for greening of city

Preparation of a prioritized list of project profiles to explore opportunities for utilization

of various funding resources available, ranging from local Panchayat, public-private

investment partnerships to international agencies.

5. Concept

First and foremost, the project envisions a paradigm shift in the attitude of community from

Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome to In My Backyard (IMBY) habit. In other words enable

the community to ‘segregate and dispose the waste at the source itself’ is the core theme of

the project. Creative and effective awareness, systematic implementation and enhanced

community support are the real ways out for the problems of wastes. A social and structural

transformation can be triggered by strengthening community participation and public-private

partnerships.

The entire project may be encapsulated like this: Follow the concept ‘Charity begins at home’.

Hence, the project extends the idea that waste is generated by human beings and they are also


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liable to manage it. More scientifically, waste management is the Extended Producer

Responsibility (EPR) and it is a strategy that is intended for the integration of all costs related

with products across their life cycles into the market price of the product. The Polluter Pays

Principle suggests that in case of waste leading to any impact on the environment, the polluting

party is held responsible and the party needs to pay for it. The waste management refers to the

need for a waste producer to pay for proper waste disposal. In other words, it should be

understood that the waste management is not the sole responsibility of Municipality, but every

individual can and is ethically responsible to manage the waste one could generate.

Greening – the last phase of this project intends to create a replicable model for Public Private

Partnership (PPP). In addition to the strategy ‘Green hour’ for creative awareness, this PPP for

managing unanimated places, streams and drains and greening public places envisage

sponsorship from private enterprises and individuals.

The scope of work is now focusing on Tiruvalla municipality and gradually it will cover the entire

Central Travancore, particularly the area where the holy river Pamba is flowing. municipality

area. In other way, the project will initiate on a pilot basis in a specific ward, in MACFAST and

therafter it can be implemented in the whole municipality,so that a trial and error method will

help to fill all the lacunas in the implications.

6. Approach – Green Waste Management

Green Waste Management is a term used to describe any environmentally friendly way of

processing the products that has been discarded. In this kind of waste management, focus is

generally on finding the ways that could help to reuse or recycle the discarded articles so that

they are not dumped in landfills. It also aims at disposing the toxic waste in such a way that it

does not disturb the environment.

Green Waste Management intends to promote the principle 6R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,

Refuse, Repair and Rethink ( Grass Root Network Society, GRRN, USA) -thereby developing a

sustainable model for waste management. This model encourages a decentralized mechanism


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for waste management. The approach of Green Waste Management not only suggests 6R’s

principle but also supports the concept – wealth from waste.

The first and foremost important factor to remember after 6R’s principle is the segregation of

wastes. Normally wastes can be categorized in to two, viz bio degradable and non-bio

degradable. Toxic and e-waste is also included and it is a separate category. But 85% of the

household wastes are bio degradable and it can be easily disposed by any person through some

effective methods followed by segregation. Green Waste Management varies from setting to

setting. So it suggests centralized waste treatment in some occasion and it may vary in different

categories. On such occasions it can be developed as a business model by supplying waste

management equipments to such categories and generating employment as well as value

added products out of it. Hence, N.G.Os, Local Self Groups, Kudumbasree etc. can play an

effective role in this system. Thus, the Green Waste Management is a boon to the environment

as it uses the techniques that disposes the waste in an eco friendly way.

This strategy would lead to an interim scenario of barest minimum of waste generation that

needs to be disposed at the source itself and ultimately to the concept of Zero Waste. Through

an integrated approach and availability of technology, the message of waste minimization and

segregation would be spread to households and institutions. This would be accompanied by

maximizing recycling as well as recovery of energy and manure using appropriate technological

interventions. To start with, the focus should be on awareness building. Simultaneously the

regulatory framework would be strengthened through proper enforcement of existing laws and

restructuring the existing laws to give more teeth for enforcement. Ultimately energy, wealth

and resource can be recovered from wastes and thereby prove that it is not a finger burning

issue but a lucrative and viable idea. Concepts like Bio Park, Green School, Eco Parks,

Knowledge Centre etc. will give more thrust to the MACFAST Clean and Green City Tiruvalla

Project.


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RESOURCE

WASTE MATERIALS (Dispose at the source itself)

Remaining /undisposed

wastes

Fig 1: Waste Management Mechanism

SEGRAGATED COLLECTION

Degradable Non - degradable

Plastic Toxic E- Waste

SUITABLE TECHNOLOGY

DISPOSAL/TREATMENT

Bio gas, Composting, SWTP etc.

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7. About the Region

Tiruvalla is a town and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of

Kerala in South India. This is the largest and the most developed town in the district. The city spans

a geographic area of 27.94 km² with a population of 56,828 as of 2001 India census, Males

constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. In Thiruvalla, 10% of the population is under 6

years of age.

It is on the western border of Pathanamthitta District. The municipal town limits are

Thirumoolapuram, Kattod, Kuttapuzha and Manipuzha. Formerly, some areas of present

Changanacherry were parts of Tiruvalla taluk. Now the boundaries of the taluk are Varattar Bridge

on the south, Lappalam on the north, Pullad on the east and Neerattupuram in west situates in

Alappuzha district. Pullad is the last point of Thiruvalla area & it falls in the Koipuram panchayath.

The nearest major port is in Kochi, nearest airports are in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram at a

distance of approximately 125 kilometres north and south respectively. The closest sea port, a

minor one, is about 30 km away at Alappuzha. The district's only railway station, (Class A

categorised) with an annual revenue of over Rs.15 crores (2010), is in Thiruvalla(TRVL) on the

Ernakulam to Thiruvananthapuram/Cape Comorin rail route via Kottayam.The national carrier AIR

INDIA has a reservation office in Thiruvalla.

8. Levels of Implementation

Broadly the implementation of Clean and Green City Tiruvalla can be divided in to three phases.

Phase 1: Development of Model Clean and Green Campus at MACFAST

Phase 2: Project implementation

Phase 3: Greening of the city


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8.1. Phase 1: Development of Model Clean and Green Campus at MACFAST

As part of the project Clean and Green City Tiruvalla - a task

undertaken by Radio MACFAST, development of a model campus

with the vision of ‘to make a Model Campus that is Waste-free,

Green and Healthy’ has been envisaged. It plans to demonstrate

different sustainable practices in waste management, energy

conservation and resource utilization so that the same can be

replicated by any institution as well as stake holders. Now it is

already implemented. With the title ‘Clean and Green Campus’ and with a caption ‘Think big

think green’- it has paved a smooth way to cultivate good environmental practices/habits in

students and staff through various systematic and scientific methods. While encapsulating this

initiative, its objectives are as following:

o Energy Conservation and Management

o Water Conservation and Control of Water Quality

o Control of Air Quality and Sound/Noise

o Management of Social, Ethical and Cultural Environment

o Displaying environmental conservation themes

o Regular Sessions/brain storming on environmental importance

o Implementing/Practicing ideal models

o Effective utilization of land by initiating organic farming, herbal garden,

ornamental flowers, recreation facilities etc.

o Demonstration of ideal models like solar equipments, water recharging, waste

disposal mechanisms etc.

o Installation of energy saving equipments/systems in the campus

o Campus Greening

o Management of Landscape and Aesthetics


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A study had been conducted in the campus which analyzed various aspects like existing waste

management mechanisms, issues, major sources of wastes, category, quantity etc. and came

out with an effective solution. It suggested the following mechanism for waste management:

Segregated Collection at the Point of Generation

Transfer/Transport to the Processing Facility

Resource Recovery for Recycling and Reuse

Treatment/Processing

Disposal (to the minimum)

Segregated

collection

Processing

facility

Resource

recovery

Storage

RECYCLING

DISPOSAL

Aerobic

decomposition

BIOFERTILIZER

Disposable

Residue

Biodegradable

Transport

Fig 2: Waste Management Mechanism – MACFAST Campus

For segregated collection, differently coloured bins were provided at the point(s) of generation

(as biodegradable, recyclable and toxic) a GREEN BIN for Biodegradable Wastes, BLUE BIN for

Recyclable Wastes and RED BINS for Toxic Wastes. These segregated wastes will be collected

and removed from the point(s) of generation on a regular basis by the staff involved in cleaning

work. The contents of green, blue and red boxes will be removed daily, weekly and monthly

respectively.


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Bio degradable wastes are be processed by an

aerobic composting method through a bio bin (bio

trigger mechanism) which is installed at the

campus and it produces bio fertilizer. The liquid

and major bio degradable wastes from the Food

Court and mess of both Men’s and Women’s

Hostels are processed through the bio gas plants in

the campus and used for cooking. The slurry and

bio fertilizer are used in the farms. Non- bio degradable wastes are kept in a separate container

for further processing. Segregated recyclable/reusable wastes are stored in different cubicles

within the store room of the Waste Processing Facility. The contents in the red box (toxic) are

carefully transferred to a concrete box which is buried safely. In addition to this, glass

ware/bottles are segregated on the basis of colour and kept in separate containers. The

collected plastics will be cleaned properly and crushed through a plastic shredder which will be

installed in the campus soon. The messages regarding waste management, energy

conservation, personal hygiene etc. are placed at appropriate places in the campus for

awareness. In addition to this, continuous awareness programs are telecast through the

campus community radio -RADIO MACFAST 90.4 by students and staff. Certain eco friendly

practices like avoiding plastic carry bags/files, using one side written papers, using eco friendly

products etc. are carried out by MACFAST. Water recharging system, organic farming and solar


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paneling are the other initiatives undertaken and it is in progress. The herbal garden

maintained by the bio students is another attraction in the campus.

Green Hour is the other innovative program

introduced in the campus. A complete hour in a week

on Thursdays has been allotted for environmental

awareness which includes all students as well as top

to bottom level staff. 20 minutes talk on ‘tip of the

week’ and a talk on a relevant environmental topic is

followed by sharing of ideas on innovative waste

management/energy conservation/personal hygiene strategies. Everyone will share how they

have carried out the tip during the previous week and what they will do in the next week for

environment protection. A similar one hour program is telecast through the Community Radio

to make local people aware regarding their roles in environmental management.

Bio campus in the college has also enhanced their participation by strengthening their research

and development skills in environmental management. Development of bio plastic, effective

micro organism, herbal farm, bacterial consortium etc. are giving robustness to the notion of

Clean and Green Campus. Development of Eco Shop, Eco Park and Green Recreation Corner are

few of the immediate items in the pipeline. Clean and Green Campus is the apparent evidence

of vision and impetus of concerned authorities and balanced efforts from all corners. Through

these mutual efforts, it is invariably proved that the dream of a clean and green city is not far

fetched and impossible to achieve if everyone contributes their roles.

8.2. Phase 2: Project Implementation

Before moving for a full fledged implementation, the project will be implemented on a pilot

basis in the city in some selected wards so that a trial and error method will help to rectify the

initial hindrances and technical errors.


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8.2.1. Methodology

In order to attain the target of ‘Clean and Green City Tiruvalla’, the project should be

implemented in a highly systematic and well coordinated manner. The methodology adapted

here is Participatory approach and Public Private Partnership mode. While considering micro

aspects in the execution, active participation of all stake holders is a key strategy to acclaim the

glory of clean and green city. Thorough theoretical as well as field level studies and surveys are

required in this matter so that it may pave an easy way for the execution. Studies followed by

the quantification of waste, suggestion of suitable waste management methods, setting up of

an institutional mechanism for the implementation, wide level consultation workshops,

preparation of handbooks on waste management, demonstration of ideal models, creative and

effective awareness, well coordinated and highly organized field level implementation, setting

up of supporting facilities, regular follow ups, effective monitoring and evaluation etc. are the

methods which should be adapted.

Fig.3: Basic Approach

As mentioned earlier, for making the project ubiquitous and effective, wide level community

participation and stake holders’ support are required. So the project also suggests certain

institutional mechanism in different levels,that may help in abstaining from much imbroglio.

The steps included in the methodology consist of various tasks which would be explained later

in the Concept report. The diagrammatic representation of methodology is shown below.

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH

Discussions with LSG

Representatives to Local level

Planning

Decentralization and Local

level Planning

Surveys, Trainings, Awareness, Community Ventures and

Public Private Partnerships

Execution

Maintenance, Evaluation,

Monitoring and Up

gradation

Planning Management


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8.2.1.1. Studies and Surveys

Waste Management is always a finger burning issue while in the implementation level. Also, the

techniques and methods to manage waste may vary from location to location and type to type.

So it is termed as a location specific and waste specific solution. Hence, before the

implementation stage, a thorough field level study regarding quantity and type of wastes,

Development of an Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP)

Tiruvalla

Setting up of Institutional Mechanism

Stake holders’ consultations/workshops

Evaluation workshops/Consultations

Pilot implementation

Phase 2 Implementation

Monitoring, Evaluation and Follow up

Studies and Surveys

Tiruvalla


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existing methods and location for disposal, technologies available etc. are required. This study

includes three levels:

1. Baseline data collection

2. Assessment of present waste management system

3. Identifying issues of concern

Fig 5: Methodology - Project Preparation

1. Baseline data collection

Base line data collection consists of source identification, quantification and

characterization of different types of waste (including industrial, municipal, commercial,

Desk Research

Preparation of questionnaires/ discussion points

Field surveys/ Focus Groups/one to one

discussions

Data compilation and Analysis

Preparation of Integrated Waste Management

Plan (IWMP)


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agricultural and special wastes such as medical waste) including projections for future

waste generation etc.

2. Assessment of present waste management system

It includes assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of the existing waste

management system covering all aspects like waste collection, segregation,

transportation, treatment and disposal

3. Identifying issues of concern

This stage includes identifying and prioritising issues of concern so that it can be

addressed in a systematic and effective way in the project plan and would cover

economic, technical, environmental and social areas

8.2.1.2. Development of an Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP)

Based on the results emerged from the initial studies, an Integrated Waste Management Plan

will be prepared which will address the issues identified and suggest a suitable

solution/technologies in a comprehensive manner. IWMP will suggest suitable waste

management methods, energy saving techniques and environmental friendly practices for

individual categories like hotels, households, institutions, hospitals, markets, slaughter houses,

local shops etc. In addition to this, it will incorporate specific proposals for promoting

sustainable development, greening and for enhancing eco friendly practices in the Municipality

area.

As per the basic approach, the whole process will focus on Participatory planning from the

initial level onwards. All the major stakeholders will be included in discussions, studies and

consultation for the development of Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP). The planning

process shall be facilitated at every stage by involving continuous stakeholder consultations like

presenting situation analysis report, proposed mechanism and technical suggestions. The IWMP

will be finalized by incorporating all the stakeholders’ opinions and suggestions. An interactive

mode website will be developed for Clean and Green City project which provides detailed

action plan, strategies, guidelines etc. (see website model later). Apart from Radio MACFAST

Green Hour, Electronic LED Billboards will be set up in five different parts of Tiruvalla for


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promotion of the Clean and Green City Project. The process envisaged is presented

diagrammatically in the Figure below which was adapted for UNEP Clean City Project Pune.

Fig.6: IWMP – Process chart

88..22..11..33.. Institutional Mechanism

Setting up of an institutional mechanism for the project implementaion is another key step in

the process. A proper institutional mechanism is an integral part for every project which will act

as a guiding force for making the project lively. In addition to this, it ensures the project is

participatory by including all the stake holders representatives as the committee members.

The suggested institutional mechanism consists of two levels. One for the implementation and

coordination and the other for evaluation, monitoring and expert advice. First level committee

includes Municipal Level Technical Support Unit (MLTSU) and Ward Level Task Team (WLTT)

which is for the coordination and implemenation of the project at field level. Second level

committee consists of Municipal Level Steering Committee (MLSC), at central level, Ward Level


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Steering Committee (WLSC) at ward level. MLSC will be the sole authority for implementation,

monitoring and evaluation of the whole project and all other units/committees come under the

supervision of MLSC. WLSC will be the sole authority for implementaion, monitoring and

evaluation at the ward level which will be under MLSC. There will be two executive committees

under MLSC and WLSC namely Waste Mangement Committee and Greening Committee.

MLTSU will be in charge of the overall coordination and implementation of the project which

provide guidelines and action plans to the WLTT. High Power Commitee is an external board

which is to facilitate and support the functions of Clean and Green City project of Tiruvalla.

Community Commity is an open commitee selcted from the people. This commitee will held in

certain intervals to discuss about the updates and actions of progrees. This is to to ensure the

process completely participatory.

Municipal Level Steering Committee (MLSC)

This Committee is the sole authority to plan, execute, evaluate and monitor the Clean and

Green City programme throughout Tiruvalla Municipality. The Committee is made up of a broad

mix of representatives of government, local self governments, industry, civil society

organizations, academicians, media personnel, members of the municipal council, organizations

involved in waste management and individuals who can contribute high level of professional

expertise in the area.

Role

To guide the development of a strategy and provide a framework for Clean and Green

City Project

To provide detailed policy and administrative guidance, and direction to the project in

the Municipality

To aid and direct MLTSU for the implementation of the Programme

To plan, manage and periodically monitor the project in the Municipality as a whole and

at wards as well as extend and promote it to broad platforms.

To act as a platform for partners and stakeholders to consult together on matters of

common concern in the field of waste management


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Review and evaluation of implementation of various act and rules concerning the

implementation of IWMP

To ensure transparency and accountability in the project

To provide instructions, authorizations and updated information to the partners and

stakeholders from time to time

To address any issue related to Clean and Green City project as may be necessary to give

effect to this programme

To act as an Apex body of the Clean and Green City Project to brief, direct and

recommend Government for decisions, functions and procedures

Fig. 7: Institutional Mechanism for monitoring, evaluation and expert advice


Waste Management

Working Committee Greening Working

Committee

Executive Committee

Waste Management

Working Committee Greening Working

Committee

Executive Committee

Ward Level Steering Committee (WLSC)

Community

committee

High Power Committee

(HPC)


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1. Municipal Chairperson (Chairman)

2. Municipal Secretary (Convener)

Members

3. Municipal Vice Chairman

4. Municipal Health Standing Committee Chairman

5. Opposition Leader

6. Project Director

7. Project Officer

8. Municipal Engineer

9. Municipal Health Supervisor

10. Suprdnt. Taluk Hospital

11. Circle Inspector

12. Field Officer, Agriculture Department

13. President, C.D.S

14. President, Press Club

15. Secretary, Press Club

16. President, Bar Association

17. Dean – Bio Campus, MACFAST


This Committee holds all the powers to plan and execute the Clean and Green City programme

in the ward directed by the MLSC guidelines from time to time. The whole responsibility for the

implementation of the programme at the wards rely on this Committee. The Committee is

made up of a broad mix of representatives of government, local self governments, industry,

civil society organizations, academicians, media, members of Kudumbasree, organizations

involved in waste management and individuals who can contribute high level of professional

expertise in the area.


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Roles

To monitor and manage the Clean and Green City programme and projects at the wards

as envisaged by MLSC

To ensure implementation of the project at wards

To lead the participatory planning process at the wards for the decisions and actions for

implementation

Coordinate the working groups in waste management and greening areas for meticulous

and realistic action plans

To ensure participation of stakeholders from various walks of life in environmental

management

Support the function of WLTT to professionalize project at the wards

Ensure accountability and transparency in the programme


1. Ward Councilor (Chairman)

2. Ward Level Sanitation Convener (Convener)

Members

3. Ward Level Task Team Leader

4. Farmers Union Member

5. Kudumbasree Represetative

6. N.G.O’s Representative

7. Resident Associations Representative

8. Political/ religious/social movement representatives (4)


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Municipal level Technical Support Unit (MLTSU)

For the implementation and coordination of the project Clean and Green City Tiruvalla,

Municipal level Technichal Support Unit(MLTSU) will be constituted. This MLTSU shall work as

per the decisions of MLSC. MLTSU will implement the project in the field with the coordination

of WLTT and make effective rapport among all other committees. WLTT consists of a team

leader and members from Kudumbasree, NGOs, SHGS etc. and will facilitate functions of the

project at field level.

Fig.8: Institutional mechanism for technical support, implementation and coordination

Working committee on waste management and greening are the representatives from MLSC

and WLSC respectively. In addition to their common role, they are also expected to give expert

advice on all the project matters. MLSC, WLSC and the working group should discuss and

debate on the Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives of the IWM Plan along with the strategies

that could be deployed to achieve the targets.

Municipal level Technical Support Unit (MLTSU)

Project Director

Chief Coordinator

TA SS DE

Ward Level Task Team (WLTT)

Team Leader

Task Team

Green Volunteers


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High Power Committee (HPC)

High Power Committee is an external board which is facilitates the project in different levels.

High level interventions like funding, policy level changes and interventions, government

orders, technical support, project sourcing etc. are expecting from this committee. It consists of

1. Member of Parliament

2. Member of Legislative Assembly

3. R.D.O

4. District Environmental Engineer

5. Chief Town Planner

6. D. Y. S. P

8.2.1.4. Stake holders Consultation workshop

Stake holders workshops and consultation are envisaged before the field level implementation

which will concise and discuss the whole project to get equal concern from all the corners.

Subsequent to the discussions within the working group, a series of workshops or meetings

would be held between various stakeholders and the civic and city authorities targeting each

area in waste management. The Stakeholder Consultation workshops can be of two types,

either thematic or stakeholder specific.

Thematic Workshops: Thematic workshops bring together stakeholders that are concerned

with a single issue or a particular opportunity. One benefit of having such workshops is that all

the stakeholders involved in the issue can interact directly with one another and can identify

solutions that are mutually suitable.

Stakeholder Specific Workshops:

Workshops that are specific to stakeholder groups intend to bring together various members

with a common background and purpose. For example, all the NGOs working towards

environmental management or all organizations working towards social and developmental

change can be brought together. The benefit of this type of a consultation is that all the

viewpoints from a single group can be collected.


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Fig.9: Consultation Model

Stakeholder consultation workshops will give emphasis on the aim to muster maximum inputs

from the stakeholders. The Municipality authorities and different Committees can also present

some of the key findings and issues based on the situation analysis study to the various

stakeholders. Various experts and technology/service providers for the particular stream will be

invited as panelists to facilitate the discussions with the other stakeholders and to share their

experiences and views through presentations. Such presentations should be followed by

discussions involving the key stakeholders, technology/service providers, NGOs, representatives

of various educational and research institutions and concerned city/civic authorities. All the

stakeholders will be informed about the potential opportunities for economic or environmental

benefits that can be obtained from the IWM Plan. This will encourage the stakeholders to

participate actively in the implementation process. An online feedback mechanism in the

project website and community radio can be effectively utilized for wide level consultation. The

website can also be used as a tool for spreading the word about the plan as well as obtaining

feedback from various members about the development of the programme.

LSG and Government Agencies NGOs, SHGs, Micro Enterprises

Kudumbasree

Politicians, Community Leaders Technology Providers

Academicians and Experts

Private sector industry Industry Partners


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8.2.1.5. Awareness and Capacity Building

Field level implementation of the project starts with wide level awareness and capacity building

programs. In order to make the program more community oriented, a hand book on waste

management and similar leaflets will be prepared and distributed among the individual units. In

addition to the Ward Level Task Team (WLTT), a group called Green Volunteers will be selected

and positioned in all wards which would catalyze system implementation. Periodic

announcements will be displayed in the Electronic LED Billboards (Green Boards) set up in

Tiruvalla.

8.2.1.5.1. Hand Book on Waste Management

This hand book is exclusively for Tiruvalla Municipality which provides all details regarding

waste management, environmental hygiene, personal hygiene, waste management and

greening technologies etc. based on the studies and researches which will be conducted as per

the initial plan. This handbook will cover following subjects.

Common tips for environmental hygiene, personal hygiene and energy conservation

Municipality - Present scenario of waste management and its issues

Brief study report

Suggested model – Integrated Waste Management Plan

Modern technologies for

House holds

Flats

Hotels

Hospitals

Hostels

Institutions

Auditoriums and community centers

Railway station


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Festival/celebration Venues

Successful models

Disposal mechanism – waste specific

Details on service providers

Role of stake holders

Greening of the city

Legal frameworks

Implementation and funding mechanism

8.2.1.5.2. Green Volunteers

Green Volunteers are the persons who are selected from all wards to facilitate the

implementation in all wards and to make the project more participatory. These Green

Volunteers will support WLTT to robust the awareness campaigns/programs and develop a

surveillance system at the point of generations. They will also be provided with badges/identity

cards. Members of NGOs, Kudumbasree, clubs, religious and community organizations, social

workers, environmental activists etc. can join as Green Volunteers.

In order to ensure rigorous public awareness, different workshops, campaigns and public

meetings at various levels will be organized in which people would be introduced to the whole

process and different models. The Ward Level Task Team shall take the major initiative for the

awareness programs. In order to make the WLTT to perform the plan, capacity building

programs will be provided by MTSU and Technology/ service providers at different stages.

8.2.1.5.3. RADIO MACFAST GREEN HOUR Radio MACFAST - a social service arm and community radio of MACFAST dedicates an hour for

Clean and Green City Tiruvalla, every Friday from 7.30 PM to 8.30 PM. Similar to Green Hour in

the campus, the radio telecasts the program and collects feedback and suggestions from people

on a continuous basis. An introductory message followed by calls and responses of listeners has


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made the project a lively one. In additions to this, details regarding IWMP can be updated

through the radio. It may encourage stake holders as well as media partners to promote the

concept of Clean and Green City Tiruvalla.

8.2.1.5.4. Clean and Green City Tiruvalla Website

A website has been created for Clean and Green City Tiruvalla-cgc.macfast.org- which provides

sufficient services and details of Integrated Waste Treatment Plan. This interactive website - an

effective mode of communication contain the following:

Integrated Waste Management Plan for Tiruvalla

Adaptable methods/technologies for waste management

Innovative waste management or waste to resource

Facility for sending query or comment

Workshops and capacity building programs

Existing waste regulations and laws

Links for research and more information

Guidance documents, case studies of best practices

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and answers

Facility for lodging complaints

Inventory of waste management solution providers

Blog and social networking


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A draft site map of Clean and Green City Tiruvalla is as follows (Fig.10).

Workshops for different stakeholders shall be arranged periodically based on specific themes.

Seminars/conferences and workshops are the most commonly used delivery mechanisms. Half-

day seminars are particularly useful in influencing associations, community leaders etc, whereas

one day workshops focusing on themes such as energy efficiency, water conservation etc. are

for technical support units of the society. In addition to this, after a seminar or a workshop,

one-to-one meetings serve as a good follow-up mechanism. These awareness and educational

programmes will be on a continuous basis through conducting workshops for various segments

such as students, consumers, and businesses. Communicating the results of the IWM Plans,

monitoring and evaluation through the established reporting system will help in maintaining


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the interest of the various groups in the programme. The progress reports can be published on

the website dedicated for Clean and Green City Tiruvalla , newsletter and LED Green Boards.

Capacity building is the other important part of the program which will equip the community,

task team, Green Volunteers and stake holders to follow the action plan without any ambiguity.

This in turn, requires preparation of training modules, conducting training programmes,

organizing seminars by service providers etc. for all the individual stakeholders. The WLTT and

Green Volunteers will gather under MLTSU to ensure the systematic implementation of this

segment of the project.

8.2.1.5.5. Green Hour

Green Hour provides a creative platform for effective awareness and offers an enormous

opportunity to learn and practise different environment management as well as personal

hygiene aspects. It moots an hour for environment and nature in every unit/chapter and

individuals for propagating the news of clean and green city by practicing/learning/teaching the

goodness of nature conservation, waste management, energy conservation, waste

management and personal hygiene. It is observed once in a week.

Citing the example of MACFAST Green Hour on Thursdays 4PM-5PM, it consists of four stages.

Stage 1: Talk/Presentation of the day (Message)

The program starts with a talk – a 20 minute message by faculties/leaders/coordinators/ of

each class/units on any of the environmental topics. The unit/chapter then discusses the

practical implications and share their views on the topic individually.

Stage 2: Brainstorming of Ideas:

The members of the unit/chapter share any idea -new, innovative, impossible, or even

seemingly absurd idea for effective environment management.

Stage 3: Tip of the Week:

The members then decide to consciously practise a specific tip – any clean and green action for

the next week, and to be followed forever.

Stage 4: Self Reflection:

Clean and Green actions of the previous week would be shared aloud/read aloud by each

member of the unit/chapter.


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This interesting continuous exercise will muster a platform for developing certain good

environmental practices among the individuals/groups which lead to a collective attitudinal

change in the community.

Similar programs can be successfully conducted in schools/institutions/offices. Sometimes

similar programs may not be possible in busy offices and service oriented firms. So they can

utilize this time by designing various other ideas. For example individuals can listen and

respond to the radio program, news papers can provide a space at the day for environment

management program, display and distribute brochures/tips/leaflets on this aspect,

industries/factories can switch off the devices or machines etc.

Fig. 11: Awareness and Capacity building programs

8.2.2. Role of stake holders

Local Self Governments and Municipalities have the key role to manage wastes in their areas.

They should have the determination and strength of will to implement the plans and projects

properly. Proper follow up, evaluation and monitoring from the concerned authorities will help

to accomplish the targets. Authorities are also liable to ensures rules, laws and regulations are

maintained everywhere. In addition to this, authorities can make the community aware about

all the negative impacts of environmental pollution and the irrepairable damage caused by the

same. Thus LSGs and Municipalities can ensure acquaintance of all the stake holders and make

the project participatory.

HAND BOOK, LEAFLETS RADIO MACFAST

MEDIA SEMINARS, WORK SHOPS, CAMPAiGNS

TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING MODULES

PROPOSALS - INSTALLATION OF

TREATMENT PLANTS, SHREDDERS, ECO

PARKS, GREENING ETC. GREEN HOUR


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The General Public has a responsibility to prevent and minimize waste wherever possible, and

to use the facilities made available for safe collection and disposal of waste. They need to

participate in source separation and recycling services provided, and remove household

hazardous waste for safe disposal.

The Business and Industrial sectors need to implement best practices in relation to waste

prevention, minimization, recycling and disposal, and also to implement greener policies

in‐house. They will ensure the proper documentation of all the wastes leaving their premises

and it should be handled by legal operators. The Packaging Industry (including re‐pack), is

responsible for improving packaging, waste reduction, reusability and recyclability, as well as

funding recycling and recovery of packaging.

The Private Sector will continue to expand collection and recycling services, provide innovative

technologies and assist in the promotion of awareness on waste management. They are

required to follow the waste hierarchy and waste plan objectives with improvements in data

reporting and compliance.

Voluntary Organizations, NGOs & Community Groups can undertake waste projects and

promote eco friendly products and practices at local level. Increased responsibility will be taken

for waste management through community schemes with support from local authorities.

Media has a vital role in educating and updating local community through different programs.

As a persuader, they can address different issues on waste management, bring these issues to

the attention of the concerned authority and help to safeguard the general health of people.

8.2.3. Plausible Mechanism

As mentioned earlier an Integrated Waste Management Plan can provide suggestions only after

studies and surveys. At the same time there are many successful mechanisms available which

are replicated from our country and abroad. In the back ground of these studies, some models

are illustrated below.

Demonstration of 6R’s principles through integrated waste management in the city

which can serve as model for other cities in the region for replication and adoption

Enhancement of capacity of local government authorities, businesses and civil society

organizations in dealing with waste issues


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Waste prevention and reduction at source

Waste segregation at source

Waste collection

Waste transportation

Waste reuse/exchange

Waste recycling/resource recovery

Waste treatment for organic waste &

disposal of residual waste at sanitary landfill

Achievement of resource augmentation through the application of 6R’s principle

Demonstration of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for waste management

Improvement of the management of waste in the target city

Fig. 12: Waste management strategy

Municipality is the sole authority to implement the project including placing of technical

support unit, funding/sanctioning grants for technologies like bio gas plant, solid waste

treatment plant, waste water treatment plant, bio bins, plastic shredders etc. Purchase,

installation and maintenance of these will be under the control/ suggested mechanism of

Municipality.


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Fig.13: Waste Management Mechanism suggested by UNEP

Existing mechanism in Kerala suggests following solutions for waste management.

Location specific

Sl. No. Properties Available Technologies

1 House holds Composting, cultiverter, Bio gas, incinerators,

homestead organic farming, water harvesting etc.

2 Flats Bio bins, bio gas, solar panels, composting, farms, rain

water harvesting

3 Market Waste bins, sign boards, Waste water treatment plant,

solid waste treatment plant, bio gas, effective micro

organism (EM), Solar panels, rain water harvesting,

plastic shredders and sanitation facilities, cleaning staff


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4 Resident Associations Bacterial/vermi composting, centralized waste collection

and community solid waste treatment plant, bio gas

plants, water recharging facilities, ornamental/herbal

farms and gardens, community farm.

5 Institutions Waste bins, bio gas, organic farms, solar panel, water

harvesting system, sign boards, bio bins, cleaning staff

6 Auditorium Aerobic composting system, bio gas plant, water

harvesting techniques

7 Slaughter houses Aerobic composting system, bio gas plant

8 Offices Waste bins, water recharging system, solar paneling,

cleaning staff , energy conservation themes, eco tips

9 Bus stand Waste bins, public sanitation facilities, sign boards,

cleaning staff

10 Railway stations Waste bins, public sanitation facilities, sign boards,

cleaning staff

11 Public places Waste bins, public sanitation facilities, sign boards,

cleaning staff

12 Hospitals Incinerators, Waste bins, sign boards, Waste water

treatment plant, solid waste treatment plant, bio gas,

effective micro organism (EM), Solar panels, rain water

harvesting, plastic shredders, sanitation facilities,

cleaning staff

13 Hotels Waste bins, Waste water treatment plant, solid waste

treatment plant, bio gas, effective micro organism (EM),

Solar panels, rain water harvesting, sanitation facilities,

cleaning staff

14 Festival/ public venues Waste bins, public sanitation facilities, sign boards,

cleaning staff

Fig 14: Location Specific Solutions


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Waste specific

Sl. No. Properties Available Technologies

1 Vegetables, food wastes Bio gas, composting, aerobic treatment, bio bins

2 Waste water Waste water treatment equipment/plant, bio gas, coir

pith

3 Plastic bottles Reduce/Recycle/reuse- plastic shredder (collection

centre)

4 Metals Recycle/reuse (collection centre)

5 Toxic and acidic Treatment/concrete slabs

6 E waste Recycle (collection centre)

7 Sewage wastes Sewerage Systems (sewers)

8 Paper, card board Reduce/Recycle/reuse - incinerator( collection centre)

9 Bottles , glass Recycle/reuse (collection centre)

10 Plastic carry bags Reduce

Fig.15: Waste Specific Solutions

Promoting decentralized system of waste management is the core concept of major projects.

While suggesting the same, centralized mechanism for waste management also holds

importance at some occasions. In decentralized approach, the full cost of providing the

collection service to the particular area is borne by the residents of the area. As such, a small

enterprise is established in which residents of the area are requested to participate. The

members of the enterprise are trained in their different duties (from collection to basic book

keeping). In order to keep the investment and operating costs to an affordable level, the

enterprise provides the house-to-house service, while the Municipality is requested to assist

with the transportation of the wastes to the collection centre, especially for

plastic/glassware/toxic wastes.

MLTSU in alliance with service providers will facilitate the process by providing sound

technologies at appropriate places through WLTT.


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8.2.4. Funding Mechanism and Business Models

Funds from State Government, various departments, Central Government, Planning Fund,

national and international funding agencies can be used for getting funds for waste

management in the Municipality area. In addition to this, Public Private Participation (PPP)

mode and privatization of some area can help to reduce financial burden of municipality. In

privatization, the types of privatization most commonly used in solid waste management

include: contracting, franchise, open competition, and vendor/operator equity investment.

The level of cost and degree of difficulty associated with the service provide an opportunity for

participation of the private sector. In general, the private sector potentially can play two key

roles in the field of waste management. One important role is to increase the efficiency of the

service and, thus, reduce the cost in existing waste management systems. The other key role

for the private sector is to provide much needed sources of funds for capital investments. One

of the potential benefits of privatization of the service is the ability to recover the costs of

service through the implementation of user charges. The implementation of user charges, or

the increase of existing charges, generally is an extremely difficult political decision that can

best be managed by allowing the private sector to impose them. Privatization, however, is not

the total solution to the successful provision of solid waste management services. Only a local

government institution having competent and qualified professional staff will be able to

develop, negotiate, manage, monitor, and enforce a contract with a private entity.

The three different types of recycling business models, which can be implemented, are

described below.

1. Conventional Waste/ E-waste Recycling Model

2. Public Private Partnership (PPP) based Waste/ E-waste Business Model

3. Extended Producer Responsibility Based Business Model

I. Conventional Waste/E-waste Recycling Model:

Conventional recycling model is based on recycling of waste purchased by recycler from

generator. The entire model is based on conventional business model, where recycler recovers

money by selling the products. The salient features of existing model are given below:


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Recycler establishes waste recycling facility.

Recycler purchases input raw material from the waste generators.

Recycler recovers money by selling the waste fractions/ final product to smelters.

Recycler has its own collection and transportation system for input raw material.

Recycler finances the entire cost of collection, transportation and recycling through its

own resources or through loans.

Recycler can avail of existing incentives available for industrial promotion offered by

different government agencies. However, the application of these schemes is

dependent on classification of this type of business activity.

II. Public Private Partnership Business Model:

Project on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model is based on a contract or concession

agreement, between a Government or statutory entity on the one side and a private sector

company on the other side, for delivering an infrastructure service on payment of user charges.

Therefore, government participates to mitigate risks in order to promote infrastructure

services. The features of this model are described in terms of definitions, eligibility criteria and

government support as given below.

Definitions

1. Private Sector Company means a company in which 51% or more of the subscribed and

paid up equity is owned and controlled by a private entity.

2. Lead Financial Institution means the financial institution (FI) that is funding the PPP

project, and in case there is a consortium of FIs, the FI designated as such by the

consortium.

3. Total Project Cost means the lower of the total capital cost of the PPP Project:

(a) as estimated by the statutory entity that owns the project,

(b) as sanctioned by the Lead Financial Institution, and

(c) as actually expended;

4. any case including the cost of land incurred by the government/statutory entity;


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5. Viability Gap Funding or Grant under this model means a grant one-time with the

objective of making a project commercially viable.

Eligibility

1. The project shall be implemented i.e. developed, financed, constructed, maintained and

operated for the Project Term by a Private Sector Company to be selected by a statutory

entity through a process of open competitive bidding.

2. The project should provide a service against payment of a predetermined tariff or user

charge.

3. The concerned statutory entity should certify, with reasons;

(i) that the tariff/user charge cannot be increased to eliminate or reduce the

viability gap of the PPP;

(ii) The Project Term cannot be increased for reducing the viability gap; and

(iii) The capital costs are reasonable and based on the standards and

specifications normally applicable to such projects and that the capital costs

cannot be further restricted for reducing the viability gap.

Statutory Support

1. The total Viability Gap Funding under this scheme shall not exceed a certain

percent of the total project cost.

2. Viability Gap Funding under this scheme will normally be in the form of a capital

grant at the stage of project construction.

3. In this model, the recovery of the revenue for the services rendered is dependent

on the user fee, which in case of waste management could be recycling fee, which

may be recovered from the consumer.

III. Extended Product Responsibility Based Business Model

The entire business model is based on “Extended Producer Responsibility” at European Union

(EU), where the producing organizations are responsible for waste take back and treatment.

The business model is an integrated model consisting of waste collection, transportation and

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1. Producers are responsible for the costs of picking up waste from collection facilities and

for refurbishing waste products for reuse or for recycling and recovery.

2. When producers put a new product on the market, they must provide a financial

“guarantee” that waste management of the product will be paid for. Producers can get

waiver on this guarantee by participating in a producer responsibility organization

(PRO), paying recycling insurance, or setting up a special bank account for this purpose.

After the pilot level implementation, effectiveness of the project should be evaluated by an

external team and should submit their report to the MLSC. In the light of this report, MLSC can

hold a meeting of stake holders and discuss about the further proceedings. Thus the project can

be implemented in the whole municipality area by cementing the lacunas.

8.3. Phase 3: Greening of City

While thinking about the term ‘green’, a theme comes to our mind- global warming – ‘tree is

the answer’. The concept green undoubtedly proves that planting or sapling in any term is the

key strategy to make our environment green. Obviously, it‘s a lovely term to hear and use and

the gratification received from the fulfillment of green is entirely different from everything. An

ambience with fresh air, clean atmosphere, picturesque location, peaceful environment and

gentle fragrance is a dream of every one. Now the project ‘Clean and Green City Tiruvalla’ take

us to the attainment and acclamation of such a green city.

This greening not only beautifies the environment but also purifies the air because plants have

the ability to absorb carbon dioxide and supply oxygen. This is the reason behind promoting

greening as the answer for global warming. In addition to this, some variety of plants are

pollutants-recipient in nature that absorbs different dust particles and augment purification of

air. Similarly, some varieties are sound absorbing in nature. Hence, a scientific

study/environmental assessment will be undertaken by the authority to identify the key

intervention areas and design as per the findings.

A geographical information system (GIS) study and mapping will be done by the experts and

suggest model design for greening. This environmental assessment and GIS study will come

with an ideal greening design for the city. Some of the ideas are illustrated in the diagram

shown below.


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Fig 16: Green City Concept Tiruvalla

Eco Shops

Green Buildings

Eco Households

Green Gardens Green Roads

Green Schools

Eco Market Eco Park

Green Streets

Clean and Green City Tiruvalla – ‘Go green – say NO to plastic’

Green Streams Eco Office Green Certification

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“I think we have an obligation in our generation and in foreseeable generations, to try to protect every species, because virtually every species that is going extinct now is going extinct due to human activity not because of natural processes”. (R. Noss, 1995)

Implement laws on environment and pollution strictly

Install waste bins for plastics/non degradable wastes at proper places

Use sign boards and guidelines appropriately at suitable places

Provide sufficient urinal facilities in public places and maintain them professionally

Promote eco friendly practices

Ensure sufficient supply of alternatives for plastic carry bags

If possible, complete banning of plastics

Removal of posters and stickers from the compound walls through NREG Program

Prohibit or restrict pasting of posters/banners in public place

Beautification of public places like roads, markets, streets

Promote organic farming

Development of community recreation centers like parks, gardens etc.

Implementation of concepts like eco park, bio park, green school, green office etc.

Maintain public compound walls without private posters and stickers

Award for best green practices

Showcasing environmental conservation themes at public places especially at

compound walls.

Provide guide line for green buildings

Green/Environment certifications

Conversion of dumping yards in to gardens/farms

Conversion of fallow lands in to cultivation lands

Subsidy/grants/financial support for green practices

Ensure private support for greening

Promote sponsorship for different environmental practices and development of

community recreation centers

Installing Green LED Boards as an alternative for Poster/Flex/Bill boards


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8.3.1. Sponsorships – Beautification, Maintenance and Management

As mentioned earlier Participatory Approach is the tool to making the project ubiquitous.

Public Private Partnership (PPP) is one of the strategies to achieve the concept in a participatory

mode. In this back ground beautification, maintenance and management of key areas can be

done by private players.

Normally unanimated places like roads, streams, drains and public places have the tendency to

be polluted or unmanaged. Even if it is maintained by authorities, after a time being it may

become unmanaged and dirty. So the theme of dump yard in to gardens is the guiding force

behind this strategy of sponsorship for beautification, management and maintenance. By

converting major dumping yards and points of disposal in to gardens/recreation centers, the

habit of NIMBY will shift to IMBY. Beautification of road/public places, gardening, creation of

recreation centers/ community parks etc can be done by private agencies, educational

institutions, clubs/associations and other organizations as part of their Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) exercises.

Fig. 17: PPP Model for Greening

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

CSR/SPONSORSHIPS

Greening/beautification Maintenance Management

Roads Streams/Rivers Public Places

Gardens Recreation Centers Markets


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8.3.2. One sapling in one house

Project envisages distributing ten medicinal/herbal plants in each houses of Municipal area

which has unique medicinal value. It envisions propagating the message ‘back to nature’ by

using natural remedies for ordinary things. Thus people can keep doctors away from their

home.

Addition to the saplings, a book let which contains whole details of these medicinal plants like

variety, scientific name, usage etc. will be distributed along with this. This project will be

implemented in association with hospitals, N.G.O’s and other stake holders.

8.3.3. Sun heart – solar Campaign

This is another initiative plans to implement as part of the promotion renewable source of

energy. Houses, shops, government offices and industries will be the focus area. Carbon credit

– most recent subsidy mechanism and Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Projects are the key guidelines

for implementation. Municipal Level Technical Support Team will provide all the support like

subsidy, service providers, installment etc. Thus, noticeable changes are anticipating by shifting

to renewable sources of energy.


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8.4. Proposals

An alternate solution should be suggested before initiating regulations, banning and

restrictions. This means while banning plastic an alternative for plastic should be suggested,

and open littering facilities for littering should be provided. It needs some innovative and

creative ideas and efforts to reinstate our pristine environment, retain our picturesque

ambience and maintain sustainable development. In order to achieve the goal of sustainable

development and waste free society, creation of bio village is mooted. Some ideas to

accomplish the target of Clean and Green City Tiruvalla are added for the preparation of

proposals.

8.4.1. Eco friendly bags - An alternative for plastic

Sacrifice some greed and make some compromises – a creative solution to plastics. Say No to

plastic and use eco friendly products

The initiative intends to encourage eco friendly practices in people through the use of

alternative sources of plastic and reducing its usage. It plans to supply eco friendly cloth &

paper bags by coordinating local production units and benefiting them through advancing

environmental friendly concepts. Along with the production and supply of eco friendly carry

bags in shops it also envisages awareness creation to the community on the hazardous effects

of plastics.

Reduce the consumption of plastic carry bags by ensuring them to adapt eco friendly

alternatives.

Encouraging the supply of eco friendly carry bags instead of plastic carry bags in all

houses and shops through local production units

Develop a system/mechanism for achieving the target of plastic free municipality.

Benefitting the local community along with the promotion of eco friendly practices.

Complete banning of plastic with immediate effect is not at all practical but it is expected to

start with growing awareness among community about the bad effects of plastic and the

promotion of reduction and reuse practices. By supplying eco friendly bags to each household

and persuading them to use it as permanent basis helps achieve this objective in a short span of


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time. Good impetus from LSGs, SHGs, NGOs and effective support from industries are essential

to achieve this target.

Technical support and financial support is the back bone of every project. The authorities must

have to provide proper technical and financial support to the community/SHG. Training

programs must be conducted for the community by the Government or NGOs. They should

also have to provide the latest technologies that help to produce the product in low cost and in

limited time.

As part of the corporate social responsibility task, industries can take proper initiative for the

sponsorship of the production unit and the organizations such as Kudumbasree, and NGOs

must conduct the awareness programs for the community about the advantages of using paper

bags and cloth bags.

Sponsorship

In order to ensure the supply of eco friendly bags at reasonable price, industry can support

through sponsorship, financial support, advertisements, promoting units etc.

Give and take

Paper, including news paper is the major raw material needed for the production of eco

friendly bags. This raw material is largely available in hotels, shops and houses. Industry can

provide news paper/paper to production units and take back as paper bag. It will be in a mutual

beneficial mechanism like waging employees, discounts etc.

8.4.2. Green School

More and more of us are realizing that our future depends on protecting the health and well-

being of our children and the planet. To do so, we must educate new generations of citizens

with the skills to solve the global environmental problems we face. Students have a habit to

retain and replicate than adults. So the schools and colleges can be considered as an effective

medium for awareness and to cultivate ideal habits among them so that they will be the herald

for the good habits. It may trigger a tremendous change in the attitude of people.

In order to make the programme more effective, schools can adapt different activities under

the umbrella of various in-school clubs. School authorities and teachers those who have


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outstanding will power, commitment and confidence can easily accomplish the dream of a

Green School by undertaking different innovative activities. Some activities suggested are:

Formation of eco club, health club, green club, science club etc.

Health survey to assess the awareness and habits of students

Cultural exchange programs

Green Hour to provide awareness, cultivate good habits and develop ideas

Health voting to enhance personal hygiene

Tips of the day in classroom notice boards, school notice boards etc.

Green class competitions

Awards like Mr./Ms. Health/Hygiene, green class room, zero waste class etc.

Water quality assessment, creation of water corners, installation of water harvesting

system, water conservatory methods

Waste auditors scheme to quantify the wastes in class.

Zero waste class room

Development of Bio park (Waste management practices like Composting , plastic

recycling, water recharge, eco friendly products)

Waste management projects as part of field studies and practical oriented programs

Hands on training

Environmental camps

Site visits, tours

Science exhibitions, environmental quiz etc.

Using eco friendly products

Following energy conservation practices

Installation of environmental themes in the campus

Conduct awareness programs, seminars, drama

Planting trees

Observe dry day, environmental days etc.

School gardens, Herbal garden etc.

Research projects


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Poster, essay, painting competitions

Eco greeting cards

Organic farming

Class room exercises

Development of model waste management mechanism in the school.

Concerned departments shall provide adequate facilities like infrastructure, sanitation, mid day

meal, recreation facilities etc. School management, PTA, Staff and teachers etc. can contribute

towards this effort.

8.4.3. Knowledge Centre (MACFAST R&D Wing)

Along with the development and implementation of model Clean and Green City project,

MACFAST can develop a knowledge centre for waste management. The Research and

Development wing at the bio campus of MACFAST will provide all the technical as well as

modern technologies on waste management. The successful creation of Clean and Green

Campus, Bio plastic, Effective micro organisms, Herbal farms, bio innovations, consultancy

services etc. give much hope for the accomplishment of a knowledge centre at MACFAST

Campus. MACFAST also has a core and strong team of experts, academicians, practitioners,

technical support unit and service providers. In the wake of waste management as a core

subject and a serious issue of concern, shortage of courses on waste management and experts

on the same are playing as villains. At the same time governments as well as LSGs spend crores

of rupees without proper planning on other initiatives. Thus, we need more practitioners with

sufficient theoretical back ground on waste management to handle it at field level and at each

LSG and this is obviously the need of this hour. MACFAST can offer courses on waste

management with effective practical orientation programs. In addition to this MACFAST R & D

can provide consultancy services on various subjects like geo informatics, waste water

management, municipal waste management, water shed management, environment reports,

environment impact assessment, environmental auditing and environmental sustainable

reports, feasibility studies, project monitoring and evaluation, solid waste management,


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preparation of business plans and models, e- waste handling, technical support, project

coordination and implementation, providing technology etc.

A collection of books, magazines, information leaflets, booklets, teaching kits and other

publications produced by government departments, local and overseas green groups,

community groups and other organizations on various environmental topics will be made

available here. Local and overseas environmental journals and press clippings in different

categories will also be made available. Access to environmental information through the

Internet will also be provided. CD-ROMs on various environmental and conservation issues will

be made available to the visitors. Provision of a television set for videos, sound-slide

programmes, laser discs and VCD’s will also be made available.

Technical Support Cell: This cell will provide technical support to the various environmental

initiatives (such as composting, Vermi-composting, Bio-Methanation plants, recycling activities

etc.) that are going on in the city and will also encourage more such initiatives.

8.4.4. Eco Office

The concept eco office aims at adopting 100% eco-friendly practices in all the offices in

Municipality area which mainly targets at the reduction in the use of energy, paper and water.

It also aims at improving the aesthetic appeal and air quality of office spaces by placing indoor

plants and avoiding the use of plastics wherever possible. Eco office envisages persuading the

entire offices to be 100% Eco-Friendly by the end of December 2011. To enhance this process,

every office shall depute an eco-office coordinator and use posters, desktop wallpapers and

e-flyers that may be used to spread the message of Environment Responsibility among the

employees.

An Eco friendly practice does not necessarily mean huge investments but it is indeed an

important and responsible business practice. A study of companies and pollution prevention

showed that companies that had been environmentally proactive had a 4% higher rate of

return on investment, a 9% higher sales growth, and nearly a 17% higher operating income

growth.


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Here are some tips/guidelines to develop an eco office. Innovators can add their creative ideas

to make their office eco friendly.

Energy Saving Tips

Switching off lights and fans when ever and where ever it is not necessary.

Use fans along with air conditioners – it cools better and faster

Buy a multifunction machine – fax, copier, scanner and printer in one

Choose a printer with a double sided print capability

Simply turn off the computers and copiers when not required – it reduces energy use by

65 to 75%.

Paper Saving and Office Tips:

Use both sides of the paper for printing or photocopying

Reuse envelopes, bags and mailers

Use e-mail or internal faxes

Avoid using cover sheets for faxes

Share periodicals with associates

Use rewriteable CD’s

Use mechanical pencils and refillable pens

8.4.5. Bio park

Bio Park consists of herbal garden which exhibits local plants, herbals, medicinal plants etc.

along with proper documentation. It also demonstrates different traditional as well as modern

mechanisms for waste management like bio gas plant, vermin compost unit, bacterial

consortium, effective micro organism, aerobic and anaerobic process, cultiverter etc. Water

recharging unit, organic farming, ornamental flowers farm etc. will be the attraction of this bio

park. In addition to these facilities a ‘green shop’ in connection with the bio park will supply

organic products, seeds, medicinal and ornamental plants etc. This will be an ideal model to

promulgate the concept of effective utilization of resources.


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8.4.6. Eco Park

Eco Park aims to promote eco friendly practices by demonstrating different energy

conservation and environmental friendly systems. Along with this, the Eco Park will be provided

with different models, equipments and technologies for waste management. It will promote

the idea of reuse, recovery and recycling of waste resources and returning them to the

consumption loop. The recycling unit in connection with the Eco Park will help to realize the full

potential of recyclable materials recovered from Municipal wastes. An eco shop in the Eco park

make the concept ‘zero waste’ come true by showcasing and selling different value added

products, handicrafts, paintings, paper bag, pots, mats etc. which are produced from waste and

natural resources.

There will be a separate section devoted to waste crafts, which will exhibit crafts and art pieces

developed from the waste. The items displayed in this section will be contributed from various

competitions at different levels (schools, colleges, housing communities, etc.) which will be

conducted with support from other organizations and stake holders. These competitions will

help to encourage this type of art and make the people aware about the importance of waste

utilization and reduction. Apart from these competitions, independent contributions will also

be allowed. Also the art pieces displayed in this section will be available for sale and will help in

generating funds.

There will be a separate section for the industries to facilitate show-casing of environmentally

sound technologies, products, initiatives to achieve waste minimization, cleaner production

technologies etc. The industries will be charged for the space they will be provided. This will

help to enhance the financial sustainability of the Eco Park. The section will attract the

industries as it will help them in marketing their product or brand and also enhance their image

in the eyes of the people.

Leaflets and publications from the Government, Environmental Committees, green groups and

other related organizations will be made available here. Also, there will be information

regarding the activities of the Eco Park in the previous month and also for the coming month.


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Public Relations Cell: This cell will be responsible for interacting with different organizations

and stakeholders and thus will keep the Eco Park informed about their needs, and accordingly,

scheduling of various activities could be done. In short, this cell will act as an interface between

the various stakeholders in the city and the Eco Park.

8.4.7. Eco Household

An extension to the homestead ,eco household uses traditional designs and building materials

in construction. It also follows different energy conservation practices and energy saving

equipments in house holds. The kitchen garden/homestead farms are effectively utilizing

organic fertilizers which are produced from the bio gas or composting system. Use of

renewable resources of energy such as solar power or non-polluting sources of energy,

developing energy saving messages in all guest rooms, transport mechanism using

non polluting sources of energy, using eco friendly products, growing organic farms, herbal

farms, ornamental flowers etc are some of the ideal practices in an eco house hold.

8.4.8. Green Certification

Green Certification intends to certify/ classify different units like hotels, shops, offices, houses

on the basis of certain specific environmental standards. Criteria, guidelines and scoring pattern

will be prepared and distributed among the partnering members and stake holders. A separate

panel will be constituted for taking care of the certification under MLSC. Based on the

recommendations of the panel and through a community voting system, MLSC will award

certificates, awards and subsidies for the units. It not only improves the image of units but also

spreads effective environmental strategies.


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9. Man Power

Sl. No.

Designation Number

1 Program Officer 1

2 Coordinators 4

3 Documentation Expert 1

4 PR Officer 1

5 Accountant 1

6 DTP Operator 1

7 Technical Assistant 1

8 Supporting staffs 4

TOTAL 14

10. Financials

Clean and Green City Tiruvalla - Financial Plan (3 Years)

Sl. No

Particulars Required Number

Estimated Cost(Rs.)

Total (Rs.)

1 Awareness and Capacity Building

A Work shops

1 Ward level 117 5000 585000

2 School Teachers 90 3500 315000

3 Students 90 3000 270000

4 Business/shop runners 10 3500 35000

5 Consultation Workshops 10 10000 100000

B Training

1 Ward level for Organic farming

117 3500 409500

2 Micro enterprises Training 117 5000 585000

C Preparation of Training Module

10 5000 50000

D Hand Book 60000 16 960000

E Committie Meetings 15 2000 30000

F Other Meetings 25 5000 125000

TOTAL 3464500

2 Studies and Surveys 12 75000 900000

3 Staff Expenditure

Program Officer 1 25000 25000


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Coordinators 4 20000 80000

Documentation Expert 1 20000 20000

PR Officer 1 20000 20000

Accountant 1 15000 15000

DTP Operator 1 5000 5000

Technical Assistant 1 8000 8000

Supporting staffs 4 7000 28000

TOTAL 14 120000 201000

Expenditure for 3 years 36 124000 4464000

4 Infrastructure

CGC cum Eco shop

Furnishing 1 200000 200000

Furniture 1 100000 100000

Stationery 1 150000 150000

Maintenance 1 750000 750000

Miscellaneous 1 150000 150000

Power, Communication etc. 36 3000 108000

Rent 36 10000 360000

TOTAL 1818000

5 Printing Charges 1 375000 375000

6 Communication Charges 1 150000 150000

7 Transportation 1 450000 450000

8 Food and Accomodations 1 400000 400000

9 Documentation 1 500000 500000

10 Greening Services 1 500000 500000

TOTAL 2375000

TOTAL 13021500

Coordination Charge (20%) 2604300

GRAND TOTAL 15625800

One crore fifty six lakhs twenty five thousand and eight hundred only

N:B - inclusive of all taxes, cost of technology installation excluded.


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11. Action plan for Year 1

Action plan for the first year is shown below.


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12. Conclusion

The project Clean and Green City Tiruvalla, a new step initiated by MACFAST and the

community radio Radio MACFAST 90.4 envisages a paradigm shift in the attitude of community,

authorities and stake holders towards environmental management- a dream which will be

realised soon by going ahead step by step. Perseverance, commitment, determination and

optimistic approach are the guiding forces which will catalyze the footsteps. Notwithstanding

these concrete efforts, support from all stake holders will facilitate this participatory approach.

While remembering all these facts, it’s an issue of individual as well as social responsibility,

issue of survival of our generation and the people yet to come. Or in other words, “The Face of

the Other makes me Responsible”. A solution which is least disturbing to the community and

focusing on recovery centric technique undoubtedly gets support from all corners. And it can be

solved if everyone deliver their duties, exercise their rights and contribute their roles. The

objective Clean and Green City project is a plausible one and not a very far dream with

everyone putting in their dedicated efforts and facilitated by the techno savvy world with

effective strategies.


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Annexure

A. Plastic Collection and disposal Mechanism of Non – bio degradable wastes for Clean

and Green Tiruvalla

Managing plastic becomes a serious issue these days due to lack of a systematic plan and

mechanism to dispose plastic wastes and other non – bio degradable wastes. In addition to this,

segregation of wastes in to degradable and bio degradable through centralized system is now

becomes completely unscientific and a cumbersome effort. But the issue of be plastic wastes

handling here is more ease because of the newly installed plastic shredder at Thukallassery, if

we plan and implement this mechanism for handling non – bio degradable wastes properly. The

concept ‘waste is wealth’ can be apparently proved by setting up a new mechanism for non bio

degradable wastes and by ensuring its implementation highly systematic. Hence, all sorts of

non – bio degradable wastes can collect and mange through this sustained mechanism.

Mechanism

Mechanism suggests here can be implemented through Municipality with the help of

Kudumbsree and NGO’s. Managed and controlled by Municipality, Kudumbsree/NGO’s can

collect non – bio degradable waste from houses, shops and different units. A trolley partitioned

in to different sections shall use for collecting non – bio degradable wastes. Thus segregated

collection like plastic bottles, cardboards, papers, cotton, tubes etc. can be operated very

systematically. This service shall arrange twice in a week in town area and can be arranged once

in week in other places depending up on the amount of waste generation. This date shall

announce earlier through notice, newspaper and radio. The existing scenario can be analyzed

through a survey in shops at the town so that it will help to know the amount of waste

generation and feed backs of shop owners. Other than town area, a collection centre can fix

and non – biodegradable wastes can collect through this centre. The date and time of collection

shall be informed earlier through different medium.

Collection centre

Collection centre/store shall be installed in each ward for ensuring its flexible operation. The

collected non – bio degradable wastes shall segregate properly at this centre and can be

transported to the end users. Collected materials are required to clean properly as per the


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norms and conditions of buyers. This center should also work as the collection centre for all non

– bio degradable wastes.

Management

Municipality shall be the sole authority to manage and control this mechanism. A team under

Municipal Health Inspector and Supervisor shall be constituted which includes Green

Volunteers (Cleaning Workers). Proper uniforms, identity cards and badges shall be provided

for workers. Utmost focus should be on management and training regarding operation, conduct

and behavior of green volunteers.

The amount earned through this shall distribute among green volunteers addition to the

incentives provided by the Municipality. This shall be managed and controlled by the

committee of Green Volunteers.

Named by ‘Plastic Friends’, schools and institutions can sell their plastic materials and bottles

through a collection center, which is installed at individual levels.

Units and Non – bio degradable wastes

(plastic, card board, paper, cotton, metals

etc.)

Green Volunteers and Trolley

Collection centre

Cleaning and segregation

Transportation to end users

Green Volunteer Committee

Mechanism for non – bio degradable waste management

Media Date of

Collection


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Conclusion

The mechanism suggests here envisaged to find a solution to the menace of plastic waste. The

concept gives thrust on ‘waste as resources’ by implementing a sustainable mechanism for non

– bio degradable waste management. While moving towards this mechanism, the most

important thing that should remember is ‘In My Backyard’ Habit (IMBY) for bio degradable

wastes. In order to achieve the concept ‘Disposal at the source itself’, Municipality shall take

action to wind up the existing mechanism of collecting bio degradable wastes. Instead of

collecting bio degradable waste, Municipality can provide support for setting household

waste management equipments (bio bins, bio gas plants, pots etc.). Though, the issue of bio

degradable waste can solve gradually.


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B. Green School:

“Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth ,seeking

choices in ecology ,economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future ,eliminate

pollution ,poverty and violence ,awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the

human adventure”

John McConnel,Founder of International Earth day

Our children should learn sustainability by living it, every day at school, so that when they leave

school these ideas will have become a part of the way and life. They will think more about life

and approach it. They will take these ideas home and into the workplace when they graduate.

Over time, the majority of young adults will have had this exposure, and sustainable living will

become a part of the culture. The Green Schools concept has been taking root in many

countries. The first phase of Clean and Green Thiruvalla is towards this is to bring together

head of the institutions ,teachers from all the school to explore the feasibility, interest and

direction for a Green School. This will ensure the participants to share their experiences with

implementing environmental programmes. This program is very relevant in today’s scenario

and it is essential to put such a programme in place because of the currents trends towards the

degradation of natural resources.

Objectives:

Ecological Literacy: To develop, in each student, a comprehensive understanding of the

basic patterns and processes by which nature sustains life and how these core ecological

concepts relate in developing sustainable human community. In order to develop this

among the students, the teaches should be concerned about it.

Learning by Living with nature: this is all about how core ecological concepts can be

applied to create sustainable human communities.

Environmental Ethic: To develop an environmental ethic in all members of the Green

school community.


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Contributing to Society: To fulfill the School’s commitment to be a model school with a

Social purpose through research, publications and outreach in the areas of outdoor and

environmental education, environmental monitoring, and sustainability.

This will help the school to come up with a comprehensive strategic action plan for the

second phase which will be conducted with students. This will be based on site visits to

participating schools to determine what types of activities are feasible with each

schools,. Other needs, such as overall coordination, support, capacity building of the

entire school staff. Thus the overall program will be initiated.

Methodology

In our first phase we are planning to conduct a meeting with the heads of the school and this

will be facilitated by the municipality. After this meeting there will be school level meetings

which should be facilitated by the head of the institution. The school level meeting, will give

and insight on the current status of the school in all the aspects. The teachers can do an

evaluation of the environmental consciousness among them and the students. Then we move

to the students who are the key players. We must educate the new generation with the variety

Principals Meeting – Municipality (to introduce

about Green School)

School Level Meeting for teachers

Formation or Revival of Green Club

Seminar for Students

Submission of Green School Master Plan

Orientation Program for Students

Monitoring, Evaluation and Awarding


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of skills in respecting and accepting the nature and its essence. Awareness classes are the

matter of primary importance. The new generation children have the capacity to guide and

teach the old generation .Once we cultivate good habits, thoughts and practices in there mind

it will last forever.

In Phase 2, the strategic and action plans will be implemented with the combined participation

of students and teachers. The teachers are the facilitators, who have to guide the children and

all the other staff. After the initial meeting with the teachers, they will be able to locate there

resources, issues and proper plans for a sustainable implemenation. Once the Green School

concept is achieved we can promote a networking of Green School so that it can be

transformed into a mass movement.

Green Hour

Along with the awareness classes they will be asked to identify the resources in there campus.

Our team can give them ideas on how they can use their resources in its full essence. Allowing

them to be with nature.Promoting classes on outdoor, hence they can feel the beauty of the

nature. Green hour is another thing that can be practiced in schools as a part of environmental

awareness. One hour of a week can be contributed for healthy discussions on various topics

form environmental management to personal hygiene topics. The one hour on each week can

be devoted to different subjects starting with a 20 minute presentation on a particular topic

forwarding for brainstorming ,discussion and conclusion. The last part of the green hour is how

to implement the ideas that they have derived after the discussion.This one hour discussion

makes a platform for budding new ideas and practices.The students can also form nature club

or green club along with this.Activities that can be promoted in nature club are

Formation of eco club, health club, green club, science club etc.

Health survey to assess the awareness and habits of students

Cultural exchange programs

Green Hour to provide awareness, cultivate good habits and develop ideas

Health voting to enhance personal hygiene

Tips of the day in classroom notice boards, school notice boards etc.

Green class competitions

Awards like Mr. /Ms. Health/Hygiene, green class room, zero waste class etc.


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Water quality assessment, creation of water corners, installation of water harvesting

system, water conservatory methods

Waste auditors scheme to quantify the wastes in class.

Zero waste class room

Development of Bio Park (Waste management practices like Composting, plastic

recycling, water recharge, eco friendly products)



Hands on training

Environmental camps

Site visits, tours

Science exhibitions, environmental quiz etc.

Using eco friendly products

Following energy conservation practices

Installation of environmental themes in the campus

Conduct awareness programs, seminars, drama

Planting trees ,medicinal plants

Observe dry day, environmental days etc.

School gardens, Herbal garden etc.

Research projects

Poster, essay, painting competitions

Eco greeting cards

Organic farming

Class room exercises

Development of model waste management mechanism in the school

School management, PTA and other staffs can contribute to this effort.

It is our students are the citizens of tomorrow. Give thrust on making awareness to children

and develop a green future.

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C. Plastic Kutukar (Plastic Friends)

Even though plastic causes damage to earth it is now a part of our life due to its wide usage. But

it still rises as a threat to the environment because of its unscientific disposal and management.

Plastics are a subspecies of a class of materials known as polymer. Plastic got its name from its

property, its ability to be shaped in almost all forms. Due to its low cost, light weight and

desirable properties, it has gained wide acceptance from the people, which has replaced metals

and glass items. So in the path towards a plastic free world, we need to intervene gradually

with strategic efforts. Individuals should make conscious effort to change our daily routine to

save our mother earth.

In this back ground Clean and Green Tiruvalla is joining hands with the educational Institutions

and NGO’s to achieve the dream plastic free world. Named as ‘Plastic Kutukar’ (Plastic Friends),

it envisages to collect plastics from school and other units and thereby propagate the message

‘waste is wealth’. Hence, let’s ensure our streets and road are plastic free. The collected plastic

can move to the processing centers. Thus the process becomes completely scientific and

manageable. While encapsulating, it aims to proclaim the message – “Nothing is waste. But all

are resources and it depends on our attitude and action towards it.” It persuades people to

don’t throw plastic in to open areas, handover it to correct persons - earn money and save our

earth.

The main idea of ‘Plastic Kutukar’ program is to make people think that with the enormous

amount of plastic we can create income. Apart form discouraging the use of plastics, Wecan

spread this message by do something for the existing plastics material which lying on the

streets and our homes. This project ‘Plastic Kutukar’ is aiming to clear the plastic wastes in an

around our places. Students will be asked to get plastic kits and bottles form there home and

the streets. In every school, there shall be plastic Collection Center where all the plastics are

being collected. Students would collect plastic items from their localities and the students will

be deservingly rewarded according to its amount. Committees should be formed including all

staffs and student representatives for the collection of plastic. The students will be asked to get

it cleaned and dry when they bring it to the school. The different types of kits and bottles

should be collected and stored separately. When it reached a sufficient about it can be moved


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to Modern Plastic. This Shredded plastic is used for recycling, exporting and it’s also used for

road tarring.

The committees at the school which will lead by students can maintain a book which keeps the

quantity, amount, and specification of collected plastic materials. This shall enter at the time of

receiving plastic materials at the collection centre.

In addition to this, students can visit and learn the process of recycling of plastics from Modern

Plastics. Committee can find innovative uses of plastics by developing walls, tanks and other

materials in their school compounds. It will help to generate the awareness of resources.

Students can sell their news papers, used books and cardboards through this center.

Municipality shall offer award to best performing schools and schools can offer prices to best

performing students, classes etc. Apart from this Municipal authorities can provide incentives

to schools for promoting this program. Radio MACFAST 90.4 will stretch its hand to ensure wide

publicity of ‘Plastic Kutukar’.

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Collection

Cleaning

Weighing and Entering

Segaragation

Transport to Processing Unit


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D. Some Mechanisms for Waste Disposal

Plastic Shreddar:

Plastic has become a menace to our world. They are non-Biogradable.

The virtually indestructible plastic bag has become the bane of poor

developing countries like India where governments battling on many

fronts have let the menace of polybags grow.India's towns and cities are

littered with polybags. They float on busy roads and wave like prayer

flags from tree tops. Waste dumped in plastic bags on the street for

collection often ends upin the stomach of foraging cattle.Its widely seen that the plastic is

burned or Incinnerated.But we are not concerned that again our earth is getting polluted

because of this.While buring plactic Dioxine ,a poisonous gas will be produced which is the

reason for serious diseases. As the part of the project a plastic Shreddar had been installed in

the locality of Thiruvalla where the plactic will be crushed into small particles.Its the Modern

Industires. ofThiruvalla who had joined hands with Clean and Green City Project.Well cleaned

plastice kits and bottles can be crushed into small particles and it can be used in the recycling

industry which is booming in the current Scenario.This can also be used as a mixture for road

taring

Bio gas Plant

Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials such as

biomass, manure, sewage, municipal waste, green waste, plant material and energy crops. This

type of biogas comprises primarily methane and carbon dioxide. Other types of gas generated

by use of biomass are wood gas, which is created by gasification of wood or other biomass. This

type of gas consists primarily of nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, with trace amounts

of methane. Biogas can be used as a low-cost fuel in any country for any heating purpose, such

as cooking..Through the process of Biomethanization biogradable materials can be transformed

into biogas and natural manure. Biogas typically refers to a gas produced by the biological

breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. It can also be used in modern waste

management facilities which can be effectively used in hotels,housleholds,firms etc.


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Construction of a biogas plant may vary depending on the amount of gas needed, the amount

of waste at hand, and whether the digester is designed for batch feeding or continuous feeding.

Batch feeding systems use mostly solid wastes that are added to the tank in installments, and

continuous feeding models feed mostly liquids to the digester. A biogas plant may be

constructed either above or below ground, with advantages and disadvantages to both models.

An above ground biogas plant is easier to maintain and benefits from solar heating, but takes

more care in construction because it must be built to handle the internal pressure of the

digester. A below ground biogas plant is cheaper to construct and easier to feed, but is more

difficult to maintain.

There are two types of biogas plants – one is portable and another one is fixed.Portable plant

consist of ready made parts which is assembled at the customers place.

Mixing tank: The feed material (biogradable waste like animal excreation,food partilcles

,kitchen wasted) is collected in the mixing tank. Sufficient water is added and the

material is thoroughly mixed till homogeneous slurry is formed.

Inlet pipe: The substrate is discharged into the digester through the inlet pipe/tank.

Digester: The slurry is fermented inside the digester and biogas is produced through

bacterial action.

Gas holder or gas storage dome: The biogas gets collected in the gas holder, which holds

the gas until the time of consumption.

Outlet pipe: The digested slurry is discharged into the outlet tank either through the

outlet pipe or the opening provided in the digester.

Gas Pipeline: The gas pipeline carries the gas to the point of utilization such as a stove or

lamp.

Biogas digested slurry

The use of biogas digested slurry as organic manure can supplement the usage of chemical

fertilizers. The effluent manure does not produce any odour and hence does not create any

pollution. The biogas slurry is rich in nitrogen, the essential nutrient for plant growth.

Moreover, this nitrogen is in water-soluble form and can be easily absorbed by the plants.


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The biogas slurry can also be mixed with biomass and composted. The slurry being full of

bacteria (which can break down vegetable matter) makes excellent composting material. When

a large mass of biomass waste with high carbon: nitrogen ratio is available, the slurry helps

stimulate decomposition by acting as a nitrogen primer. Earthworms could either be cultured in

dry sludge or in a compost pit

Don’t do:

Things like metal ,plastic, plantain leaf, paper, hot food items, skin of orange, soap, bones, birds

feathers etc are not used in bio-gas plants.

Vermicomposting

Vermicomposting uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into very high quality compost. This

is probably the best way of composting kitchen wastes. Adding small amounts of wet kitchen

scraps to a large compost pile in the garden day by day can disrupt the decomposition process

so that the compost is never really done. But it works just fine with vermicomposting.

Many gardeners use vermicomposting systems for all their garden and kitchen wastes, many

more use both types of composting, and thousands of households without gardens use neat

and unobtrusive worm boxes indoors to compost their kitchen scraps (as well as newspapers

and cardboard boxes), reducing their garbage by up to a third and providing their own organic

soil for pot plants and container gardens on balconies and roofs to grow their own healthy

food.

Energy Saving Equipments:

Solar panel& carbon Credit:

A solar panel (photovoltaic module or photovoltaic panel) is a packaged interconnected

assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells. The solar panel can be used as a

component of a larger photovoltaic system to generate and supply electricity in commercial

and residential applications. Because a single solar panel can only produce a limited amount of

power, many installations contain several panels. This is known as a photovoltaic array. A

photovoltaic installation typically includes an array of solar panels, an inverter, batteries and

interconnection wiring. By installing these solar panels we can save enormous amount energy

in our households and institutions. More over by using the solar cell we can it and night too so


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that we can reduce our electricity bills. Though this technology is quiet expensive, half of the

amount can be obtained through Central Government Subsidy. The government is also

providing grants for the people or institutions who are involved in this activity. This process is

known as Carbon Credit. The excess produced energy can be given to the electricity board

through Grid and earn money.

According to Real Climate, a climate science information website, Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in

the earth's atmosphere are 30 percent higher in 2010 than at anytime in the last 650,000 years.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, states in its Fourth Assessment Report,

released in 2007, that these increased CO2 levels are due to industrial activity by human beings

and have lead to dramatic changes in the earth's climate. Because so much human interest is

vested in these industrial activities, political leaders have attempted to use free market

strategies, such as the buying and selling of carbon credits, to ease the transition from a CO2

polluting industrial economy to one based on renewable energy, such as solar.

One carbon credit is equal to one metric ton of CO2 pollution These credits can be sold from

companies that use or produce renewable energy to companies that emit higher levels of CO2,

thereby offsetting CO2 pollution with the purchase of a solar or other renewable energy credit.

The added expense of purchasing carbon credits to offset CO2 pollution would theoretically

encourage businesses to convert operations to renewable energies, such as solar power.

Anyone who is striving to save energy can earn money for it. Just submit information from your

utility bill to establish baseline energy consumption, and then you'll get paid by the ton for any

carbon you would have produced under baseline conditions. Household, industries and

institutions can take part in this initiative. So by solar panels we can get Carbon Credit.

Water Harvesting:

By increasing the ground water level we can help ourselves from the existing water scarcity.

The basic principle of Rain water harvesting is catch water wherever it falls so that we can

extend the fruits of monsoon. Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating and storing, of


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rainwater for reuse, before it reaches the aquifer. It has been used to provide drinking water,

water for livestock, water for irrigation, as well as other typical uses given to water. Rainwater

collected from the roofs of houses, tents and local institutions can make an important

contribution to the availability of drinking water. Overflow from rainwater harvesting tank

systems can be used to refill aquifers in a process called groundwater recharge, though this is a

related process, it must not be confused with Rainwater harvesting

Water harvesting can be undertaken through a variety of ways

Capturing runoff from rooftops

Capturing runoff from local catchments

Capturing seasonal floodwaters from local streams

Conserving water through watershed management

These techniques can serve the following the following purposes:

Provide drinking water

Provide irrigation water

Increase groundwater recharge

Reduce storm water discharges, urban floods and overloading of sewage treatment

plants

Reduce seawater ingress in coastal areas.

There are two types of water harvesting .One is the house hold and the other for the

commercial purpose. Both of these systems are known under the term water harvesters and

require only a limited amount of knowledge to set up (if basic systems are used). In both cases,

the system consists of a storage tank to store the water and piping (to guide the water in).

Additionally, extra pressuring equipment as pressure vessels, inline pump

controllers or pressure sensitive pumps may also be required. Finally, water purifying

equipment as water-purifying plants, UV-lights or distillation equipment are sometimes

(depending on local conditions ) added to purify the collected water. The system is then called

a Greywater treatment system.


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Rural scenario

Community based rainwater harvesting in rural areas of India - the paradigm of the past - has in

it as much strength today as it ever did before. It is, in fact, only with this rudimentary

technology that people are able to survive in water scarce areas. Recognising this fact, our

ancestors had learnt to harvest water in number of ways:

They harvested the rain drop directly. From rooftops, they collected water and stored it

in tanks built in their courtyards. From open community lands, they collected the rain

and stored it in artificial wells.

They harvested monsoon runoff by capturing water from swollen streams during the

monsoon season and stored it various forms of water bodies.

They harvested water from flooded rivers

Assuming that the average Indian population of an Indian village in November 2000 is

approximately 1200. India's average rainfall is about 1170 mm. If even only half this water can

be captured, though with technology this can be greatly increased, an average Indian village

needs 1.12 hectares of land to capture 6.57 million litres of water it will use in a year for

cooking and drinking. If there is a drought and rainfall levels dip to half the normal, the land

required would rise to a mere 2.24 hectares. The amount of land needed to meet the drinking

water needs of an average village will vary from 0.10 hectares in Arunachal Pradesh (average

population 236) where villages are small and rainfall high to 8.46 hectares in Delhi where

villages are big (average population 4769) and rainfall is low. In Rajasthan, the land required will

vary from 1.68-3.64 hectares in different meterological regions and, in Gujarat, it will vary from

1.72-3.30 hectares. And of course any more water the villagers catch can go for irrigation.

Does this sound like an impossible task? Is there any village that does not have this land

availability? India's total land area is over 300 million hectares. Let us assume that India's

587,000 villages can harvest the runoff from 200 million hectares of land, excluding inaccessible

forest areas, high mountains and other uninhabited terrains, that still gives every village on

average access to 340 hectares or a rainfall endowment of 3.75 billion litres of water. These

calculations show the potential of rainwater harvesting is enormous and undeniable.


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Incinerators:

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances

contained in waste materials. Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment

systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the

waste into ash, flue gas, and heat. The ash is mostly formed by the inorganic constituents of the

waste, and may take the form of solid lumps or particulates carried by the flue gas. The flue

gases must be cleaned of gaseous and particulate pollutants before they are dispersed into

the atmosphere. In some cases, the heat generated by incineration can be used to

generate electric power. An incinerator is a furnace for burning waste. Modern incinerators

include pollution mitigation equipment such as flue gas cleaning

The typical incineration plant for municipal solid waste is a moving grate incinerator. The

moving grate enables the movement of waste through the combustion chamber to be

optimised to allow a more efficient and complete combustion. A single moving grate boiler can

handle up to 35 metric tons (39 short tons) of waste per hour, and can operate 8,000 hours per

year with only one scheduled stop for inspection and maintenance of about one month's

duration. Moving grate incinerators are sometimes referred to as Municipal Solid Waste

Incinerators (MSWIs).

The waste is introduced by a waste crane through the "throat" at one end of the grate, from

where it moves down over the descending grate to the ash pit in the other end. Here the ash is

removed through a water lock.

Municipal solid waste in the furnace of a moving grate incinerator capable of handling

15 metric tons (17 short tons) of waste per hour. The holes in the grate elements supplying the

primary combustion air are visible.

Part of the combustion air (primary combustion air) is supplied through the grate from below.

This air flow also has the purpose of cooling the grate itself. Cooling is important for the

mechanical strength of the grate, and many moving grates are also water cooled internally.

Secondary combustion air is supplied into the boiler at high speed through nozzles over the

grate. It facilitates complete combustion of the flue gases by introducing turbulence for better


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mixing and by ensuring a surplus of oxygen. In multiple/stepped hearth incinerators, the

secondary combustion air is introduced in a separate chamber downstream the primary

combustion chamber.

Fixed grate

The older and simpler kind of incinerator was a brick-lined cell with a fixed metal grate over a

lower ash pit, with one opening in the top or side for loading and another opening in the side

for removing incombustible solids called clinkers. Many small incinerators formerly found in

apartment houses have now been replaced by waste compactors.

Rotary-kiln

The rotary-kiln incinerator is used by municipalities and by large industrial plants. This design of

incinerator has 2 chambers: a primary chamber and secondary chamber. The primary chamber

in a rotary kiln incinerator consist of an inclined refractory lined cylindrical tube. Movement of

the cylinder on its axis facilitates movement of waste. In the primary chamber, there is

conversion of solid fraction to gases, through volatilization, destructive distillation and partial

combustion reactions. The secondary chamber is necessary to complete gas phase combustion

reactions.

The clinkers spill out at the end of the cylinder. A tall , fan, or steam jet supplies the

needed draft. Ash drops through the grate, but many particles are carried along with the hot

gases. The particles and any combustible gases may be combusted in an "afterburner".

Fluidized bed

A strong airflow is forced through a sandbed. The air seeps through the sand until a point is

reached where the sand particles separate to let the air through and mixing and churning

occurs, thus a fluidised bed is created and fuel and waste can now be introduced.

The sand with the pre-treated waste and/or fuel is kept suspended on pumped air currents and

takes on a fluid-like character. The bed is thereby violently mixed and agitated keeping small

inert particles and air in a fluid-like state. This allows all of the mass of waste, fuel and sand to

be fully circulated through the furnace.


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Specialized incineration

Furniture factory sawdust incinerators need much attention as these have to handle resin

powder and many flammable substances. Controlled combustion, burn back prevention

systems are essential as dust when suspended resembles the fire catch phenomenon of any

liquid petroleum gas.

Use of heat

The heat produced by an incinerator can be used to generate steam which may then be used to

drive a turbine in order to produce electricity. The typical amount of net energy that can be

produced per tonne municipal waste is about 2/3 MWh of electricity and 2 MWh of district

heating. Thus, incinerating about 600 metric tons (660 short tons) per day of waste will produce

about 400 MWh of electrical energy per day (17 MW of electrical power continuously for 24

hours) and 1200 MWh of district heating energy each day.

Incineration has a number of outputs such as the ash and the emission to the atmosphere

of flue gas. Before the flue gas cleaning system, the flue gases may contain significant amounts

of particulate matter, heavy metals, dioxins, furans, sulfur dioxide, and hydrochloric acid.


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E. Service providers of Clean Kerala Mission

Sl.No. Agency / CompanyName &

Address

Expertise

1. Kerala Agro Industries

Corporation Ltd,

Kissan Jyothi,Fort,

Thiruvananthapuram-695023

Ph: 0471-2471343,44, 45

Construction of institutional and

community level vermi

composting, windrow

composting and biogas plants.

2. SNEHA (Society for Nature

Environment and Human

Ascension)

Reg.No.A 311/02,

Poovathil Building

Thurvaoor P.O

Alappuzha – 688 532

Construction of household and

institutional level vermi


3. Co-ordination for Rural

Development and Technology

Foundation (Cor Foundation)

Post Box No.28

Adoor P.O.

Pathanamthitta-691 523

Ph: 9447908337




4. Tehno Group

Waste Management Engineering

Consultants

Kalyan Appartments, VII/310

Palace Road


community level biogas plants

(excluding WASTEPRO machine).


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Aluva-683 101

5. Jyothi Biogas & Rural Social

Service Centre

Chemboor,

Reg.No.T 1050/99

Ottasekharamangalam P.O.

Thiruvananthapuram – 695 126

Ph:No.0471-2255590


community level biogas plants.

6. Biotech

P.B.No. 520

MP Appan Road

Vazhuthacaud

Thycaud P.O.

Thiruvananthapuram – 695 014

Ph: 0471-2321909

Construction of household,

institutional and community level

biogas plants.

7. Deepam Bio – Gas Agency

Arun Bhavan

Neerilla, Parappur

Kadampuzha

Malappuram– 676 553

Ph: 9847243763



8. Agency for Non-conventional

Energy and Rural technology

(ANERT)

Thycaud,

Thiruvananthapuram-695 014




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Ph: 0471-2440122

9. Hi-Tech Bio Fertilizers India

34/1841-B

Edappally

Ernakulam – 682 024

Construction of composting

plants in houses and flats.

10. Chemtrols Engineering Ltd.

Amar Hill

Saki Vihar Road

Mumbai – 400 072

Construction of biogas and

airobic windrow composting

plants.

11. Ram Biologicals

1/3442-I, 2nd Floor

Ayswarya Mansion

West Hill

P.O. Kozhikkode-673 005

Ph: 0495 3096858,

9387176455

Construction of community

level composting plants.

12. Heigh Coup Exports Ltd.

Registered Office-1-1-564/1/A

Heigh Coup Heights

Gandhi Nagar, Hydrabad

Andra Pradesh-500 020


community level windrow

composting plants.

13. Royal Associates

Panamattom

Koorali P.O.

Kottayam-686 522


institutional level biogas plants.

14. We Help

Reg. No. K57893

Construction of household level

biogas plants.


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Manimala

Kottayam-686 543

15. Bio Energy System

Grace Building, Room No.

17/682-C3

Mavoor Road

Kozhikkode



16. Rajagiri Outreach Service Society

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences

Rajagiri P.O.

Kalamassery

Ernakulam-683 104




17. Rgional Agro Industries

Development Cooperatives of

Kerala Ltd. (RAIDCO)

TM 188 A

SPCA Road

P.B. No. 407

Kannur-670 002



18. Jayan & Company

Pattanakkad P.O.

Cherthala

Alappuzha-688 531

Construction of household level

biogas plants.

Accredited Agency

1 Socio Economic Unit Foundation,

A1 Belhaven Gardens,

Kawdiar P.O,

Thiruvananthapuram – 695 003,

Solid waste processing plant

using vermi composting and

biogas technology


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Ph: 0471-2725914

2 Integrated Rural Technology

Centre (IRTC),

Mundur,

Palakkad

Ph:0491-2832324

Solid waste processing plant

using vermi composting and

windrow composting