municipal solid waste management - observations on presentations k d bhardwaj

Observations on Country Case Study Presentations by Participants

(UNEP-UNITAR-cifal Jeju Workshop –10-12 December 2013)

K D BhardwajSenior Program OfficerAsian Productivity Organization

Bangladesh

City: Rajshahi

Waste: 195 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 0.245

Good Practice/Framework/System:Institutes supporting SWM:

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund (BMDF)

Department of Public Health Engineering

Observations:

75 – 85 % compostable waste

Why not compost plant with the help of external support/donor agencies?

Is landfill engineered/sanitary with liner system?

Efforts on 3R !!

People’s Republic of China

City: Hangzhou

Waste: 8876 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: ___

Good Practice/Framework/System:Municipal government set waste segregation standards

Waste segregation website

Eco-community project for zero waste community

Smart Green House project

Smart Bins

Observations:

Waste segregation not practiced properly.

No incentives for waste segregation

Why incineration plants opposed? Misconception about incineration !!

No space left in landfill facility after 5 years. How to tackle this issue?

India

City: Chandigarh

Waste: 370 tons/day


Good Practice/Framework/System:

Door-to-door collection of waste and Waste segregation

Garbage processing plant for RDF

Biomethanation for slaughter house waste

Observations:

Dumping ground or engineered landfill ?

Waste reduction/reuse/recycle targets?

India

City: Kota

Waste: 300 tons/day



Less paper office/E-governance

Use of polythene bags banned

Sewage treatment

100 % ash utilization

Observations:


Waste collection?

Waste processing and disposal facility !

India

City: Vijayawada

Waste: 550 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: _____


Waste to energy plant

Plan for composting/vermin-composting

Observations:

Medical waste / Hazardous waste handling and management

Engineered landfill ?


Waste to energy plant not functioning !

India

City: Panchkula

Waste: ______



Good government control and administration

Community Led Total Sanitation Program

Observations:

Power generation as part of integrated waste management

Lack of systematic assessment of waste generation

Kiribati

City: South Tarawa

Waste: ______



Kiribati Integrated Environment Policy

Joint Enforcement Team

Chemical waste management

Observations:

Can not afford having waste !

3Rs essential!

Minimise/eliminate landfilling

Malaysia

City: Penang

Waste: 288,377 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 1.07


Waste composition

Government commitment

Way forward – zero waste

Observations:

Segregation at source still an issue !

Waste reduction targets!

ISO14001 ?

Mongolia

City: Ulaaanbaatar

Waste: ______ tons/day



Seasonal waste composition (50 % ash in winter)

Master plan available

Several regulations

Observations:

Waste processing and disposal ?

Waste sorting?

System to handle seasonal variation ?

3Rs !

Nepal

City: Kathmandu

Waste: 475 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 0.3


Waste generation assessment

Construction of transfer station /landfill site

Community based composting

Observations:

Waste collection and transportation!

Final waste processing and disposal ?

Waste reduction strategy!

Nepal

City: Birendranagar

Waste: 5 tons/day



Waste composition (75% organic)

Solid waste management plan

Observations:

Why landfill site construction ?

What about composting/RDF or waste to energy?

Nepal

City: Biratnagar

Waste: 55 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 0.33



Solid waste management system (private sector)

Observations:

Why landfill site ?

Waste reduction targets?

Leachate treatment at landfill site !

Implementation of strategies?

Nepal

City: Hetauda

Waste: 20-25 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 0.25


Waste composition (70% organic) and waste generation assessment

Color based sorting (primary and secondary)

Integrated waste management plan

Observations:

Waste processing and disposal site ?


Nepal

City: Siddharthanagar

Waste: 30 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: 0.48

Good Practice/Framework/

System:


Waste segregation at source

Good understanding

Observations:

Why landfill site construction?

Why not composting/ RDF plant?


Nepal

City: Tansen Municipality

Waste: 6 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: ____


System:


Compost plant

Plastic free municipality

Observations:

Why landfill site construction?

3Rs targets?

Pakistan

City: Rawalpindi

Waste: 48000 tons/day in country

Kg/Capita/day: 0.5-0.7 (country average)


System:

National guidelines

Infrastructure is there

SWEEP program competed

Observations:

No law?

Waste processing and disposal facilities

3Rs targets?

Much needs to be done!

Philippines

City: Mandaluyong

Waste: 400,000 m3

Kg/Capita/day: 0.71


System:

Master plan for SWM

Ban on plastic packaging

Barangay-level beautification projects

Observations:

Waste processing and disposal facility

Waste segregation

3Rs targets?

Philippines

City: Cagayan De Oro

Waste: 14,346.66 m3 per month

Kg/Capita/day: ___


System:

Waste composition (50 % food/organic waste, plastic 25%)

MRF for each Barangay plan

Observations:


Composting/RDF plant?

3Rs targets?

Sri Lanka

City: Kattankudy

Waste: 25 tons/day



System:

Waste composition (58 % biodegradable)

Local authority fully responsible

Waste recycling banking system

Observations:

No law on waste management?



3Rs targets?

Thailand

City: Nong Rua Municipality

Waste: 25 tons

Kg/Capita/day: ___


System:

Waste composition (58-64 % organic waste)

Assessment of waste generation

Observations:



3Rs targets?

Much needs to be done

Vietnam

City: Hue

Waste: 205 tons/day

Kg/Capita/day: ___


System:

30 % recycling target by 2020

Plan to construct recycling facilities

Observations:


Waste sorting ?

3Rs targets?

Much needs to be done

COMMON ISSUES

My city, my home??

Know-your-waste

Finance (rich city - more waste)

Waste management strategy (Reactive or proactive)

Cost recovery (Is it must?)

Technology

COMMON ISSUES

Waste management priority – Geographic or waste stream based

Government commitment

Public private partnership

Waste reduction targets

Natural disasters

Thank you!

K D BhardwajSenior Program Officer

Industry Department, [email protected]