The Reality of Decentralized MSW in Mumbai

Findings of different Case Studies

Avick SilEnvironment Policy and Research India

Poonam Hudar; Environment Greenliness

Prabhakar Nair; Institute for Community Organization Research

Emmanuel D’Silva; Environment Scientist

Professional Services

Knowledge Support

EIA and ECGreen Building

High Rise ClearanceWastewater

Recycling Environmental Audit

Patent writing and filingDMP and Risk AssessmentEnergy, Air and Water Audit

Environmental ModellingAir, Water and Carbon FootprintingTraffic management and modelling

Corporate Social Responsibility

Low footprint and ecological

STP, ETPs

Solid Waste Management

(SWM)

Internship for Students

Career CounsellingStatistical EvaluationInterpretation of dataPublicationsAwareness ProgramArranging Workshops, Seminars, ConferencesEnergy Modelling

Noise ModellingAir ModellingISO Audits

About EPRI

Provides services in specialized sector of environment and sustainable development

Acts as a think tank and provide strategic solutions to client and Government

Major focus is on:

Pure scientific and engineering research,

Green Building,

EIA,

Policy analysis,

Training,

Modeling, and

National-international knowledge management

Vision and Mission - EPRI

The Action Plan Group

MCGM

Action Plan Group

CBOs; ALMs

Citizen Perspective

Policy Analysis and Sustainable

Reporting

EPRI;ORF

Technology and Service Providers

HELMs; TPM; Environmental Greenliness; Urban Leaves; Alaknanda Technologies; Entrepreneurs; Environment Education

Centre..............

Technical Knowledge

IIT; NEERI; TAC; BARC

Social Angle TISS; ICOR

Hazards of Un-Scientific Disposal

AIR EMISSIONS

MercaptonsAldehydeParticulate matterMethaneHydrogen SulphideCarbon dioxide

VOCs

Particulate matterAmmoniaSOxNOxOther trace gases

Odor NuisanceHealth Hazards

Animal & Rodent Nuisance

Mosquito & flies NuisanceFire hazard

Illegal Development

LEACHATE

Ground & Surface water contamination Environmental hazardsHealth hazards

Affecting Property ValueUnaesthetic conditions

Emission – Vehicles

Sil A, Wakadikar K, Kumar S., Kumar R. (2011). "Driving Characteristics of Waste Transportation Vehicles and their Effect on Emission Load: A Case Study of Mumbai, India”. Waste Management, 31, 1661 – 1665.

What is the SOLUTION?????

Treat your own WasteWaste as resourceGreen jobs

Is it Possible ?????????

Lets see what’s happening in Mumbai

Case Study 1Heads of Advanced Locality Management (HELMS)

Christopher Pereira

Bandra

Composting using “Tumblers”

Horizontal: 8 – 10 kg (30 kg compost per month)

Vertical: 25 – 30 kg

Success Stories

40 locations 20 in regular use

Case Study 2Devangini Soc., Vile Parle

Satish Kolvankar

Vile Parle

Vermicomposting

30 Apartments Soc

3 pits

Success Stories

Segregation

Management of E-waste

Plastic Wastes

70 – 75 % reduction on Municipal burden

Waste

Vegetable wastes

Paper and Plastics E-wastes Bones and other inert

+Garden wastes MCGM

Sold to Recyclers

Residents Charter

Case Study 3Niklang Social Works Mandal (CBO)

Subhash Nahire and Nasim Inamdar

Siddharth Nagar, Borivili

Composting

30 tons of flower wastes

5 tons of compost

Rs. 5 – 6 per kg (selling price) Success Stories

Management of flower waste

MCGM Support

Odor

Long process time

Water sprinkling

Human resource

Market of compost

Storage and seasonal variation

Challenges

Case Study 4Environment Education Centre

Mr. Afzal Khatri and Mrs. Nusrat Khatri

Samta Nagar, Kandivli (E)

Composting

120 kg wet waste

150 kg dry waste

300 flats

Success Stories

Overall Management of waste

Profit from waste

India Gandhi Environment Award, 2008

Case Study 5Triratna Prerna Mandal

Mr. Dayanand Jadhav and Dilip Kadam

Santacruz (W)

Waste Bin adoption

Vermicomposting of flower waste

Management of dry waste Success Stories

Lesser trips of MCGM vehicles

Dry waste recycling (selling)

15 – 20 days cycle Challenges

Management of wet waste

Maintenance and technological issues

Biogas ?????

Human resource

Awareness

Case Study 6Environmental Greenliness

Mrs. Poonam Hudar and Mr. Hudar

Imperial Tower, Tardeo

Bio Waste Converter (BWC) followed by Composting

35 – 40 operating flats (Total capacity: 250 flats)

Dry waste recycled

Energy consumption

Success Stories

Management of waste

Segregation by Env Greenliness

No challenge with scale up

No odor issues

14 days cycle

Case Study 7Urban Leaves, BPT

Mrs. Priti Patil

Bombay Port Trust

18 – 20 kg of biodegradable waste (kitchen waste) per day

Mostly 500 – 1000 personnel per day

Dry waste – No management

Energy consumption

Wet waste Crushers Amrit Mitti Fertilizer

Success Stories

Biodegradable waste

Terrace garden

New branch of fertiliser

Waste to wealth

Challenges

Initial set up

Maintenance

Scalability in open gardens

Energy usage

Overall Perspective

Name Wastes

Wet Dry E waste Energy Benefit to MCGM

HELMs X X X Lesser wet waste, transportation

Devangini Soc

X Reduction of overall waste, transportation

Niklang (Flowers) X X X Lesser management of flower wastes

Khatris X X Reduction of overall waste, transportation

Triratna X X Reduction of dry wastes and trips of MCGM vehicles

Env Greenliness

Reduction of overall waste, transportation

Urban Leaves

X X Lesser wet waste, transportation; new branch of fertilisers

Financial Aspects

Initial Investment: 10,000 – 3.5 lakhs

Maintenance and Man power cost: 8,000 – 25,000 PM (No electricity)

Maintenance and Man power cost: 15,000 – 50,000 PM (Electricity)