4th Conference on
“Waste –Uninterrupted Resource and Encouraging
Opportunities” Organized by
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
and
Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council
(WTERT – India)
Date: 26-27th November 2015,
Venue: Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, India
WTERT-India was co-founded by the CSIR – National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (NEERI) and the Earth Engineering Centre (EEC) of Columbia University, New
York and represents India in the Global WTERT Council (GWC). The mission of GWC, of
which WTERT-India is a part, is to identify the best available technologies for the treatment
of various waste materials, conduct additional academic research as required, and disseminate
the information by means of publications, the WTERT’s web pages, and to organise periodic
meetings. The EEC of Columbia University is a Research Group that in the last decade has
published over one hundred Research Papers and Theses on many aspects of energy
conservation and sustainable waste management (www.wtert.org). The guiding principle of
WTERT-India is to evolve effective and responsible strategy for the management of wastes,
based on best available affordable technologies. In particular, WTERT-India is focussing on
assisting government and semi Government bodies and agencies as well as industries in
implementing technologies that reduce the public health impacts of solid waste and increase
the recovery of materials from used solids, by means of recycling and use the material as
source of energy, composting and sanitary landfills with gas utilization.
WTERT-India is managed by
Mr. D. M. Shrotriya, President
Mr. K. Sreenivasa Rao, Vice
President
Dr. Arun D. Sawant, Member
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Member
Dr. Sunil Kumar, Member
Mr. Avick Sil, Member
Office Address: Office No. 9B/1st floor, Ramanand Premises, Gokhale Road, Naupada,
Thane (W) 400601
In the past 3 years, WTERT – India has conducted three International Workshops for
understanding the current challenges about sustainable Solid Waste Management (SWM) in
India. These Workshops discussed challenges faced by Municipal Authorities, Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs), and others in selection of appropriate technologies for SWM. Mostly, factors,
such as waste segregation, easy operation and maintenance strategies for treatment
machineries, valuable products, low manpower and maintenance requirement, etc. are
required to be considered for selection of suitable technology. WTERT – India is also
focusing on understanding the current status of solid and electronic waste management in
industrial areas. India is the second largest populated country and it produces about 4.2 MLT
of industrial waste and about 8.0 lakh MT of E-waste per annum. Mostly, these wastes are
recycled and reused or sent to secured landfill facilities. But, at many instances, these wastes
find its ways to illegal disposal, creating various environmental and health hazards. Hence,
About WTERT:
Overview:
these wastes must be managed scientifically right at the source. Industrial sector produces
various types of wastes ranging from solid to liquid which is often of hazardous nature.
However in this conference, the focus remained within the purview of Industrial and E-waste
Management. Against this backdrop, ICT along with WTERT – India carried out this 4th
Conference on “Waste Uninterrupted Resource and Encouraging Opportunities”.
Our objective is not to look waste as waste, but as an
uninterrupted source of Energy. Therefore we chose the following
themes for Conference:
To understand the current practices leading to Industrial and Municipal waste
generation and their management strategies.
To understand Level of E-waste generation, its segregation, and management
strategies to be evaluated and discussed. Thereafter, a future map would be drawn
towards sustainable management of such wastes based on the current international
practices to discuss in the brainstorming session.
The role of different stakeholders, regulatory bodies, research and development, job
opportunities and technology driven solutions to be discussed, debated and resolved in
this conference.
I) Current Status of Industrial Waste Management
II) Challenges And Opportunities In Industrial And Hazardous Waste
Management
III) Waste Management Options
IV) Plastic And e-Waste Management
V) Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management
VI) Case Studies and Way forward
Theme structure:
Objective of the Conference:
Dr. Nicholas Themelis, Director, Columbia University, USA Mr
Dr. G.D. Yadav, Vice Chancellor, ICT, Mumbai
Shri. Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, MoEF and Climate change*
Ms. Sanchita Jindal, Director, MoEF
Dr. A.B. Akolkar, Member Secretary, CPCB*
Dr. S.R. Wate, Director, NEERI
Shri. Bhushan Gagrani, IAS, CEO, MIDC, Mumbai*
Dr. P. Anbalagan, Member Secretary, M.P.C.B, Mumbai
Prof. B.N. Thorat, HOD, Chemical Engineering, ICT, Mumbai
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Director Gr Scientist, NEERI
Dr. A.D. Sawant, Former Pro -VC, Mumbai University & VC UoR
Dr. Sunil Kumar, Senior Scientist, NEERI
Dr. R.V. Sonje, Dy. CEO, MIDC
Dr. Anurag Garg, IIT, Mumbai
Mr. D.M. Shrotriya, President, WTERT – India
Dr. A.B. Pandit, Dean, ICT, Mumbai
Dr. P.D. Vaidya, Associate Professor, ICT, Mumbai
Er. K. S. Rao, Vice President, WTERT India
Dr. Palaniyandi Shanmugam, Dy. Director, CLRI, Chennai
Mr. B.K. Soni, Eco Recycling Ltd (EcoReco) Mumbai
Mr. Ram N. Agnihotri, Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd., Mumbai
Dr. Poonam Anand, Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, Faridabad
Mr. Avick Sil, Regional Director, EPRI, Mumbai
Mr. Ranjith Aneppu, Global WTERT Council, USA
Organizing Committee
Advisory Board
Patrons of the Conference
4th Conference on
“Waste – Uninterrupted Resource and Encouraging Opportunities” Organized by
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) and
Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT – India)
Date: 26-27th , November, 2015 Venue: Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
Agenda
Day 1: 26th November, 2015 – Thursday
9.30 10.00 30 min Registration
10.00 11.00 60 min Introductory Session
10.00 Welcome address & about
ICT Prof. A. B. Pandit Dean (SA&HRD), ICT
10.05 About WTERT Mr. D. M. Shrotriya President, WTERT -
India
10.10 Expectations from this
conference Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chief Scientist &
Head, NEERI
10.20 Inaugural Address by Chief
Guest Ms. Malini Shankar, IAS Principal Secretary,
Department of
Environment,
Government of
Maharashtra
10.35 Presidential Address Prof. G. D. Yadav Vice Chancellor, ICT
10.45 Vote of Thanks Dr. Sharad Sontakke Assistant Professor,
ICT
10.50 11.00 10
min
Tea break
Start End Time Speaker Designation Topic
11.00 14.00 130
min Session I: Current Status of Industrial Waste Management
Chairperson: Prof. (Dr.) A. B. Pandit, Dean (SA&HRD), ICT
11.00 11.30 30 min Mr. R. V.Sonje Deputy CEO, MIDC Waste Management in
MIDC
11.30 12.00 30 min Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chief Scientist & Head,
NEERI Mumbai
International practices
in hazardous waste
management
12.00 12.30 30 min Dr. Vijay Habbu Vice President, Reliance
Industries
Plastic waste
management scenery
in India
12.30 13.00 30 min Mr. V. M. Motghare Joint Director - Air,
MPCB
Star rating for
emission monitoring
13.00 13.10 10 min Questions and Answers
13.10 13.45 35 min Lunch Break
13.45 15.25 100mi
n Session II: Challenges And Opportunities In Industrial And Hazardous
Waste Management
Chairperson: Mr. R. V. Sonje, Dy. CEO, MIDC
13.45 14.15 30 min Prof. (Dr.) A. B. Pandit Dean (SA&HRD), ICT MSW management
options and future
direction
14.15 14.45 30 min Dr. Brajesh Kumar Dubey Associate Professor
(Environmental
Engineering), IIT
Kharagpur
Sustainable Waste/
Resource
Management: Issues &
Challenges
14.45 15.15 30 min Dr. Sharad Sontakke Assistant Professor, ICT Can we invest in the
waste?
15.15 15.25 10 min Questions and Answers
15.25 15.45 20 min Tea break
15.45 18.00 130
min Session III: Waste Management Options
Chairperson: Dr. P. D. Vaidya, Associate Professor, ICT
15.45 16.15 30
min
Mr. Ulhas Parlikar Director, Geocycle India,
ACC Limited
Hazardous waste co-
disposal in cement
plants
16.15 16.45 30
min
Mr.Sreenivasa Rao Head Of Business
Devlopement india and
Sub continent Hitachi
zosen India and Vice
President WTERT-INDIA
Proven Practice Of
Waste Management Of
Energy
16.45 17.15 30
min
Mr. Shripad Khatav MD, S.S. Techno Pvt.
Ltd.
Zero liquid discharge
of industrial waste
water – Role of
evaporation & drying
17.15 17.45 10
min Questions and Answers
Day 2: 27th November, 2015 – Friday
9.45 10.00 15
min Tea & Snacks
10.00 12.40 160
min Session IV: Plastic And e-Waste Management
Chairperson: Prof. A. D. Sawant, Former Pro Vice Chancellor, Mumbai
University
10.00 10.30 30
min
Mr. R. K. Garg Vice Chairman,
Environmental Appraisal
Committee, Ministry of
Environment, Forest &
Climate Change
Challenges in e-waste
management
10.30 11.00 30
min
Mr. Anuj Maheshwari Eco Recycling Ltd.
(EcoReco)
E-waste management:
Best practices
11.00 11.30 30
min
Prof. Anurag Garg Associate Professor,
Centre for Environment
Science and Engineering
(CESE), IIT – Mumbai
Characterization and
recycling opportunities
for demolition waste
11.30 12.00 30
min
Prof. Arvind Lali Professor, ICT Bio energy industry
waste into clear air,
clean water and bio
energy.
12.00 12.30 30
min
Mr. Apoorv Jain Technical & Marketing
Head, WOW: World of
Windows
E-waste Recycling – A
Business Opportunity?
12.30 12.40 10
min Questions and Answers
12.40 13.15 35
min Lunch Break
13.15 15.55 130
min Session V: Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management
Chairperson: Mr. Sreenivasa Rao, Vice President, WTERT- India
13.15 13.45 30
min
Mr.Manish Sharma Gov. of India Enterprise
under the Department of
Heavy Industry.
Waste Management/
Segregation Solutions
13.45 14.15 30
min
Mr. Somnath Malgar Head – Marketing &
Business Development,
Mumbai Waste
Management Limited
(RAMKY Group)
Hazardous waste and
Bio-medical waste
management
14.15 14.45 30
min
Mr.P.P.Nandusekar Retd.Principle Scientific
officer,MPCB &
advisor(Env.),Mumbai
Waste to Wealth
14.45 15.15 30
min
Prof. (Dr.) A. D. Sawant Former Pro-VC, Mumbai
University
Options of
Technologies for
chemical waste
management
15.15 15.25 10
min Questions and Answers
15.25 15.45 20
min Tea Break
15.45 17.55 130
min Session VI: Case Studies and Way forward
Chairperson: Dr. Sharad Sontakke, Assistant Professor, ICT
15.45 16.15 30
min
Dr. Palaniyandi
Shanmugam
Dy. Director, Central
Leather Research Institute
(CLRI), Chennai
Biogas from
Municipal and
Industrial organic solid
wastes – Production,
Purification and
bottling technologies.
16.15 16.45 30
min
Mrs. Jyoti Palekar Managing Director, STEP
Pvt. Ltd.
Solutions for waste
management
16.45 16.55 10
min
Questions and Answers
16.55 17.00 5
min
Dr. Sharad Sontakke Assistant Professor, ICT Closing ceremony
The inaugural session began with the welcome address by Prof. (Dr.). A. B. Pandit, Dean,
ICT and Mr D.M Shrotriya, President, WTERT-India. Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Chief
Scientist & Head, NEERI outlined the scope and expectations from the Conference. Then
Chief Guest Dr Ms. Malini Shankar, Prinicipal Secretary, Environment Dep., Govt. of
Maharashtra inaugurated the conference and shared her views on how industrial and e-
waste can be prevented from affecting the ground water pollution. She expressed an urgent
need to set up the system for testing quality of drinking water and also provided an overview
on energy generated from MSW in Maharashtra. Finally, Prof. G.D. Yadav, Vice
Chancellor, ICT in his Presidential address expressed his views on problems of treatment of
Industrial waste, the complex nature of it and technological options available for its
recycling. He also highlighted the innovative work done and World class achievements in
research of ICT. Dr Sharad Sontakke, Assistant Professor, ICT, proposed the vote of
thanks.
Biography of Speaker & Summary of presentation
Mr. R.V.Sonje,
Dy. C.E.O. (Env.) & Chief Engineer (HQ), MIDC, Mumbai
Mr. Sonje spoke on activities in Management of the Waste in MIDC Areas in Maharashtra.
He informed that MIDC has decided to earmark 13 chemical zones wherein chemical
industries shall be provided well equipped appropriate plants in nearest future to deal with
liquid waste management. He also pointed out the benefits of Common Effluent Treatment
Plant. He also gave an overview of contributions of MIDC in Common Hazardous Waste
Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facilities (CHWTSDF). In discussion session Prof. A. B.
Inauguration Ceremony
Session I: Current Status of Industrial Waste Management Session Chairman: Prof. A.B. Pandit, Dean, ICT.
Pandit emphasised that we should stop calling waste as “waste” and
should look towards it as a different form of resources.
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Chief Scientist & Head, NEERI, Mumbai
Dr. Rakesh Kumar highlighted the scenario of International
Practices adopted for Hazardous Waste Management. He gave an
account of how the substantial threats of hazardous waste to human
health and its type which principally includes waste from chemical
manufacturers, construction industries, and metal manufacturing
industries etc. He also explained the process and test to identify the
hazardous waste and also discussed in depth about the
opportunities in hazardous waste management. Lastly he has given
the solution for the disposal of hazardous waste such as landfill.
Dr. Vijay Habbu,
Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited.
Dr. Habbu gave an in-depth and illustracious overview of plastic
waste management in India. He explained statistically that plastic
consumption has been increased tremendously over the past few
years in India and around the Globe. The maximum percentage of
plastic is used in the packaging process. He has highlighted the
proposed amendment of new Rules about to be released by
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and plastic
waste management. According to his experience, recycling process
should be done in a proper way for which he also described the detail mechanism of recycling
process. During the discussion Prof. A. B. Pandit appreciated the presentation in just one line
as “life cycle analysis of plastic”.
Mr. V.M. Motghare
Joint Director- Air, MPCB, Mumbai.
Dr. Motghare shared an Information Disclosure Program for air
pollution abatement. He underlined the role of public and industries
on industrial pollution. The environmental performance of selected
industries is proposed to be evaluated based on particle emission
per sample and accordingly industries to be classified into five
categories from ‘very poor’ to ‘very good’. Dr. Motghare also
revealed that Maharashtra is one of the most industrialized states in
India and MPCB is taking extensive efforts for air monitoring. Such information’s, he said
are also made available publically. At the end he has explained the detail methodology for
rating and evaluation.
Prof. (Dr.). A. B. Pandit
Dean (SA & HRD), Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Prof. Pandit presented his talk on Thermo-economic assessment
of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Technologies for Mumbai
and insight of Exergy Analysis with relevant calculations. He
began with very interesting example that few weeks ago people
from Bangalore (He has not mentioned exact location) had
blocked the road to stop the dumping material trucks for 4-5 days
to think about some solution of its disposal. He has given the
detail scenario on MSW management in Mumbai. Prof. Pandit
also provided an overview on comparison of MSW composition in India and European
countries. He gave excellent analysis of Indian MSW composition containing huge amount of
moisture because of its non-segregated form. He also discussed new technology for waste
management practices such as incineration, plasma gasification, and land filling based on
their exergy efficiency, and emissions. In conclusion, he expressed his views on MSW
management that instead of land filling which is common practice in India we should look for
thermal of MSW.
Session II: Challenges and Opportunities in Industrial and
Hazardous Waste Management Session Chairman: Mr. R.V. Sonje, Dy. C.E.O. (Env.) & Chief Engineer (HQ),
MIDC, Mumbai.
Dr. Brajesh Kumar Dubey
Associate Professor (Environmental Engineering), IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Dubey presented his paper on Sustainable Waste/Resource
Management: Issues and Challenges. He gave an outline of
perspective people towards the waste management and explained
that we cannot copy the methodologies of developed countries
because every country has different issues as different as
characteristics of waste. He explained that integrated SWM
includes waste prevention, disposal and recycling. He noted the
importance of education, public participation and awareness and its
long term benefits in Sustainable Waste Management. In the later part of his talk he
underlined the concepts of 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) and shown its positive outcome.
At the end of his presentation he briefly explained the solid waste (hazardous waste and non-
hazardous waste).
Dr. Sharad Sontakke
DST Inspire Asst. Professor (Chemical Engineering), Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai.
Dr. Sontakke provided an overview on the investment in the waste.
He has explained how to segregate waste and appropriate ways of
its disposal. He gave an account of State wise statistics on SWM
and concluded that Maharashtra State tops in solid waste
generation. Dr. Sontakke also focused on the physical and chemical
characteristics of municipal solid waste in Indian cities. He spoke
about new technologies for disposal such as Pyrolysis, Refuse
Drive Fuels, Sanitary landfills, Waste to Energy combustion and
mixed waste composting and briefed about importance of economic survey for various
methods (Landfills, composting etc.).
Mr. Ulhas Parlikar
Director, Geocycle India, ACC Limited, Thane.
Mr. Parlikar spoke on complicated and advanced technology of Cement Kiln Co-processing
for Sustainable Management of Hazardous and Other Wastes. He explained very innovative
concept of co-processing based on the principles of industrial ecology and stands for the
usage/disposal of waste material (as raw materials, as a source of energy or both) in energy
intensive industries. Mr. Parlikar also emphasizes the benefits of co-processing to be used by
industry (such as cement industry) and for handling waste generated at industrial community
centers. He provided an overview on the challenges in sustainability of processes adopted for
Session III: Waste Management Options Session Chairman: Dr. P. D. Vaidya, Associate Professor, ICT
waste management. Finally he expressed the desired changes in
HWM Rules in 2015 such as the hazardous and other wastes to be
qualified for use as a resource of energy or material as per the
guidelines to be issued by CPCB from time to time, hoping that the
waste shall not be disposed of by incineration or land filling.
Mr. K. Srinivasa Rao,
Head of Business Development, India & Subcontinent, Hitachi Zosen India Limited and
Vice President of WTERT-India
Mr. Rao presented his talk on proven practices of Waste
Management for Energy Generation and gave an overview of the
history of recycling waste to produce energy. He gave an account
of worldwide Waste to Energy operational plants which indicated
that the Europe stands top in rank. About an Indian scenario, he
gave an example of Mumbai where there is no change in dumping
site over years. He said in India Waste-to-Energy operations is
always a public nuisance and hence they are not accepted by
public, whereas in country like Zurich 75% population voted for
the extension of the WTE plant in the centre of the city. He also agreed that Zero Waste
Society is impossible if we adopt methods and strategy for 100% recycling. Finally he
explained the financial challenges for construction of such plants, political pressure and risk
to the local community.
Mr. Shripad Khatav
Managing Director, S.S. Techno Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Mr. Khatav presented his talk on Multiple Effect Evaporators for
zero liquid effluent discharge. He outlined the concept of Zero
Liquid Discharge (ZLD) which means not a single drop of liquid
effluent to be discharge out of industrial premises. The main
advantage of ZLD is total water recycle for water conservation and
disadvantage is requirement of huge cost for its operation. Mr.
Khatav explained very lucidly combination of ZLD with its detail
mechanism. He has also shown the photographic documentation of
various plants with advanced equipments used in ZLD process. He showed few video clips
displaying how the waste water is recycled in the plants and again reused without discharge.
Mr. R. K. Garg
Vice Chairman, Environmental Appraisal Committee,
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.
Mr. Garg gave a very systematic account of challenges in e-waste
management. He provided an overview about the categories of e-
waste which included electric and electronic waste generated by
individuals, commercial activities of industrial and service
organizations. He explained that these wastes have adverse impact
on environment and health if not managed properly because of their
chemical nature and toxicity content in the waste. Mr. Garg as he
steers the Government Committee for this subject, discussed that
Government is taking special efforts towards e-waste management and in the process of
framing Rules for its management. He explained the challenges in e-waste management
which included requirement of trained manpower for dismantling and recycling of E-waste,
development of economically viable and environmentally sound processes for recovery,
public awareness etc. In discussion Prof. A. B. Pandit asked the how much tons of waste
processed per day. Mr. Garg replied that its about 7200 MT but only 15 to 20% of it can be
utilising after process.
Session IV: Plastic and e-Waste Management Session Chairman: Prof.(Dr) A. D. Sawant, Former Pro Vice Chancellor, Mumbai
University and VC , University of Rajasthan.
Mr. Anuj Maheshwari
Associate Vice President, Eco Recycling Ltd. (EcoReco), Mumbai.
Mr. Maheshwar gave a presentation on E-waste Industry and
insight of best practices. He explained that e-waste industry is
fastest growing waste stream. He compared India’s e-waste
production with global waste production and indicated that it will
rapidly increase by 2020. He talked about traditional waste
management system and a glimpse of its unorganized system
which includes rudimentary techniques used by the scrap vendors
not only affects the environment but also their own health. He also
pointed out the way for effective E-waste management ecosystem with effective solutions
which will provide an advantage to kabadies (who collect the waste) by direct source of
income. Mr. Maheshwari explained that there is no training or educational institute in India
which teaches about Waste Management to address this issue, Eco- Reco Institute proposes to
start an Institute of Waste Management to impart training on all the aspects of waste
management.
Prof. Anurag Garg
Associate Professor, CESE, IIT –Mumbai
Prof. Anurag Garg presented his paper on construction &
demolition waste disposal. He gave brief introduction of
construction and demolition (C&D) activities and the waste
generation thereby and its major constituents such as soil, wood,
bricks. He also provided statistical overview on Worldwide
Generation of C&D waste. Prof. Garg pointed out the benefits of
recycling and reuse of C&D waste. He also briefly explained the
Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2015
highlighting, anticipating waste generator will have to bear the relevant charges for the
collection, transportation, processing, disposal of C&D. Waste and waste generator shall be
entirely responsible for proper segregation, storage and collection of C&D waste. He
concluded that the C&D waste constitute 25% of the total solid waste generated Worldwide
and the most important is that , out of these waste about 95% of it will be recyclable.
Prof. Arvind M. Lali,
Prof. and Head, Center of Energy Biosciences, ICT, Mumbai.
Prof. Arvind Lali presented his talk on the next bio energy industry
waste and its release into clean air, clean water and its potential as
bio energy. He focused on the opportunities and potential of
agricultural waste, MSW and Municipal liquid waste and the
sustainability. He also explained about the current waste treatment
technologies and discussed about how the DBT-ICT lingcellulosic
sugar/ethanol technology was developed and its applications in bio
waste recycling efficiency. He also highlighted the process of MSW to CNG.
Mr. Apoorv Jain
Technical & Marketing Head, WOW: World of Windows, Indoor.
Mr Apoorv Jain gave an overview on E-waste Recycling as Business
Opportunity. He has showed some photographic documentation to
understand the concept of E-waste and its constituents. He illustrated the
concept of EEE (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and its categories such
as screens, monitors, small IT and telecommunication equipments. While
talking about the EEE he provided the year wise global perspective of e-
waste generation and compared it with Indian scenario and explained the
challenges in e-waste management in India also expressed regret that there is
no proper collection and segregation system available in India. He said,
currently there are 138 registered dismantlers/recyclers are available with CPCB but after collection of the
waste material it goes to separate industries due to unavailability of the proper equipment.
Mr. Manish Sharma,
Dy. General Manager, Instrumentation Limited,
Mr. Sharma presented his talk on Waste Management/ Segregation
Solutions. He gave an introduction of activities of Instrumentation
limited (IL) which is Rajasthan based premier Public sector
Enterprise wholly owned by Government of India under the
Department of Heavy Industries and having various branches all
over India. He said IL is playing crucial role in “Make in India” and “Swachch Bharat
Abhiyaan ”. He has also pointed out the lifecycle of waste from generation to disposal with
Session V: Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management Session Chairman: Dr. P. Shanmugham, Dy. Director, Central Leather Research
Institute (CLRI), Chennai.
appropriate process. Along with this Mr. Sharma provided an overview on the lacunas of
Waste management industry. It is highly unorganized and most of the cities lacking an
adequate infrastructure to transport it. He gave an overview of equipments and Instruments
being manufactured by IL. He proposed Integrated Waste Segregating Machines that would
segregate different types of waste like plastic, paper, construction waste etc. Earlier at the
start of Session, the booklet of instruments and Equipments prepared by IL was released at
the hands of President WTERT Shri Shrotriya and Dr A.D.Sawant, the member Trustee.
Mr. Somnath Malgar
Head – Marketing & Business Development, Mumbai Waste Management Limited
(RAMKY Group), Mumbai
Mr. Malagar provided an overview on the Hazardous waste and
Bio-medical waste management. He started with brief definition of
hazardous waste and its impact on air, water and soil. To deal with
these issues Mr. Malgar suggested few options for HW such as
landfill, incineration and possibly latest alternate technology.
Among them, he said, landfill and incineration are best
technologies proved internationally. He also gave detail
distribution of common hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities all over India provided by RAMKY group. He also gave the detail account
of ways and criteria for disposal methods. He also explained in detail about their operation in
Mumbai of Waste Management for which they have received Dr. R.J Rathi award for
environmental pollution control in 2007. Finally he provided the photographic documentation
about how construction of secured landfill is to be done including series of processes
involved and also focused on the human health issues with suggestion of appropriate training
for the staff.
Mr. P. P. Nandusekar
Retd. Principal Scientific Officer, MPCB & Advisor (Env.) Mumbai
Mr. Nandusekar spoke about the Waste to Wealth. He gave detail
introduction of recovery options in almost every industries and it’s
possible by- products which can increase the profit of the industry
by way of increasing the yield of the product. This will, he said can
create an employment opportunities for various groups of people.
Mr. Nandusekar also gives various examples on recovery of by-
product. He also gave an overview on the categories of hazardous
waste and concluded that pollution control is not only related to the
implementation of the laws, but also have to see that the industries have to increase
production, reuse of the resource material and also getting the by-product which were going
along with the effluent.
Prof. (Dr.) A. D. Sawant.
Prof. of Chemistry (Rtd.) Institute of Science
Ex Vice Chancellor, University of Rajasthan,
Ex Pro Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University
Prof. (Dr.). Sawant spoke on Technological Options
for Chemical Waste Management, Recovery,
Phytoremediation. He explained how plants can help to
remove heavy metals from the soil, and while
explaining this concept he provided series of examples
for high biomass–producing species with potential use
in phytoextraction or rhizofiltration. He also
highlighted the detail mechanism about the extraction
of Uranium and other Metals by Citric Acid from Sludge and Contaminated Soils. He also
pointed out the technological advantages of various processes like Photodegradation,
Phytoremediation and Phytoextracion. At the end he presented the work he carried out on
recovery of uranium from soils and experimental results of phytoremediation carried out for 3
years successfully at MIDC Dombivali with photographic documentation of soil
amelioration.
VI: Case Studies and Session Way forward Session Chairman: Dr. Sharad Sontakke, Assistant Professor, ICT.
Dr. Palaniyandi Shanmugam
Dy. Director, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai.
Dr. P. Shanmugam presented his talk on biogas
technologies – “lab in to land for waste in to wealth”
He listed merits and demerits of all the existing solid
waste management technologies (such as composting,
incineration, landfill etc.) used by leather industries.
Dr. Shanmugam explained in detail about the
experimental setup for biomethanation study and
provided in depth information on what basis one
should choose biogas technology. He also gives a photographic documentation on various
biogas plants implemented by CLRI. He also introduced first indigenous biogas mixing
anaerobic digester which was designed on patent developed by him. He said, he was awarded
with ‘Peter Wilson award’ for the hydrogen energy recovery from fleshing and treatment
plant sludge. He further highlighted the concept and mechanism of bio digestion which is a
form of anaerobic digestion in which microorganism breakdowns the biological material. He
said it will provide multiple uses in production of bio-gas and bio fertilizer. He provided
photographic documentation about how to install the plant, and its technical details. Finally,
explained the mechanism of obtaining bio-diesel from leather fleshing and chamois effluent
and slaughter house solid waste and its successful use in vehicles.
Mrs. Jyoti Palekar
Managing Director, Sustainable Techno solutions for Environmental Protection (STEP)
Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
Mrs. Jyoti Palekar presented paper on Integrated Industrial Waste
Management - A Roadmap to Sustainable Development. She
explained that integrated industrial waste management practices
encompassed with technological interventions, policy reforms and
behavioural change. She said, the fundamental aim of integrated
industrial waste management is to reduce waste generation and
maximise resource efficiency by promoting sustainable waste
management practices which are environmentally and socially
acceptable and economically advantageous. She also pointed out that under the Corporate
Governance; industries are required to conduct Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). ERM
includes identifying and managing compliance and regulatory risks. Sustainable waste
management practices can mitigate these risks and can generate additional revenue due to
efficient resource and by-product recovery. Process intensifications, equipment
modifications, green chemistry when coupled with conventional waste treatment, recycle and
reuse have changed the economics of waste management. Mrs. Palekar also highlighted the
concept of integrated waste management which is most relevant for CETP operations.
Identifying institutional, financial and infrastructural issues and adopting related policy
changes are recommended in the CETP operation. She gave an example for recycling of
treated wastewater within industries or giving incentives to industries for conserving water
and/ or reducing pollutants. She emphasized that the technological interventions and policy
changes alone cannot bring about the change from traditional waste management approach to
integrated waste management unless the behaviour issues are addressed.
The conference concluded with the vote of thanks by Prof. Sharad Sontakke from ICT. The
WTERT- India also thanked ----
The Speakers , for their insightful contributions
The Sponsors , for continuing the partnership
The Institute of Chemical Technology, for making available their historic venue and
their Joint Collaboration
And all participants, members, students and volunteers.
Organising Committee
Volunteers from ICT: Mr.Karan Dewoolkar,Mr. Mayurkumar Patil, Mr.Ajinkya
Sajanikar, Ms.Aditti Barge, Mr.Ganesh Bhoite, Mr.Sachin Bhandare, Mr.Chetan
Pawar, Ms.Chetana Baviskar, Mr. Akash Chandole, Mr. Dipak payal, Mr.Santosh
Jadhav, Mr.Shailesh Patil, Mr.Shrikant Vemula, Ms. Nilam Pachupate, Mr. Swapnil
Ghungrud, Mr.Anand Jain, Mr.Aniket Tongale, Ms. Priyanka Patil, Ms. Suchita
Gabhane, Mr.Loukik Dhonde
Volunteers from WTERT-India: Mr.Satish Wadekar, Mr.Onkar Patankar,
Ms.Geetanjali Pawar, Mr.Sumant Mali, Ms.Tejaswini Mohite, Mr.Gingayat Ayyappa
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Vote of Thanks