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Vol. 6 • Issue 1 • Jan. – Mar. 2005 For private circulation only Solid Waste Management Segregated Dry Waste Dry Waste Segregation Sale of Dry Waste Recycling of Plastics Waste Recycled Plastic Products Composting Wet Waste Dump Yard Agriculture
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Vol. 6 • Issue 1 • Jan. – Mar. 2005For private circulation only

Solid Waste Management

Segregated Dry Waste

Dry Waste

Segregation

Sale of Dry Waste

Recycling ofPlastics Waste

RecycledPlasticProducts

Composting

WetWaste

Dump Yard

Agriculture

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Office Bearers• • •

President,Governing Council

Mr. K. G. Ramanathan

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Chairman, Executive CommitteeMr. M. P. Taparia

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Executive Secretary /Member, Executive Committee

Mr. Sujit Banerji

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Treasurer /Member, Executive Committee

Mr. Rajiv Tolat

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NGO - ProjectsMember, Governing Council

Mr. Vijay Merchant

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Convenor – CommunicationsMember, Executive Committee

Mr. Suresh Bhojwani

In this Issue

Cover StorySolid Waste Managementin Mumbai 3

FICCI EnvironmentConclave 2005 8

EventsIPLEX ’05 Exhibition 10

National Award! 11

SPMA’s Seminar 12

International NewsJoint Capacity DevelopmentProject under EU Asialink Programme 13

City of Tomorrow andCultural Heritage 13

InitiativeAwareness Programmeamong School Children 14

Forthcoming Events 15

Readers are welcome to send their suggestions, contributions, articles, case studies,and new developments for publication in the Newsletter to the ICPE address.

Reproduction of material from this Newsletter is welcome, with prior permission.

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The PEAS/ICPE Project hastaken off in DelhiProgramme for Environmental Awareness in Schools

The project is a one academicyear study and evaluation ofenvironmental responses by chil-dren in individual, domestic andcommunity contexts. The activi-ties will concentrate on waste, itsuse and misuse. The objective isto provide knowledge, skills andattitudes to facilitate better useof waste by reducing, reusingand recycling.

Activities will initially aim atcollecting baseline data of cur-rent status of attitudes to wasteand measure change over theacademic year. Activities will

enlarge both the teachers and thestudents.

The School Programme hasstarted with the Inaugural meet-ing of about 50 teachers of 20schools. ICPE booklets along withspecially prepared question-naires were distributed among2000 students, who would fill upthe questionnaires after theactivity within a specified time.Teachers would monitor thestudents’ activities during theproject period and evaluate theresult at the end of theprogramme.

“It’s My World,” the National Art Contest for Children, was organizedby ICPE in the year 2003-04. The poster contest challenging the imagi-nation of school children received enthusiastic response. Over 3,500school children from all over India participated in the art contest.A number of prizes were distributed to the winning entries.

The campaign was successful in creating awareness on cleaner en-vironment among school children.

Encouraged by the enthusiastic response to the last year’sprogramme, it is now planned to conduct a similar programme thisyear. The programme will provide children information on thebenefits of plastics and how each one of us can use and dispose ofplastics responsibly for the benefit of our Society and Environment.

Final announcement with details will be made shortly.

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Solid Waste Management in Mumbai

Mr. Ajit Kumar Jain, IAS,Senior Advisor, Solid Waste Management Cell,All India Institute of Local Self-Government andMember, Executive Committee, ICPE

Background

Mumbai is the hub of the tradeand commerce in India. It is a cityof dreams for millions of people,who come here to earn theirliving and make a life for them-selves. The census of 2001 hasregistered a population of 12 mil-lion in Mumbai in a compara-tively small land area of 437sq.km. This leads to high popu-lation density, congestion, andstress on the city infrastructure.

Rapid urbanization is not pecu-liar to Mumbai. Urban populationin India rose from 21 million in1901 to about 300 million in2001. The increase is moremarked in the second half of thelast century. Similar trends areobserved in other cities in thedeveloping countries. Accordingto a study by the United Nations,the level of urbanization isestimated to cross 50% in 2005,60% by 2025. The study hasprojected the world urban popu-lation by 2025 as 5.2 billion, ofwhich 77% will be living in thedeveloping countries (UnitedNations, World UrbanizationProject, New York 1993).

The rise in the urban populationin India is more due to migratorytrend of rural and semi urbanpopulation to the cities andtowns. Failure of the city plan-ning process to take cognizanceof the irreversible trend andunderlying socio-economic andpolitical under-currents has ledto a chaotic situation in the

cities. The city infrastructure andservices are crumbling under thegrowing population pressure,and urban environment hasdeeply degraded. Inadequatemanagement of municipal solidand liquid waste leads to highlyunsanitary conditions in cities,with threats of epidemic diseasesevery now and then.

Solid Waste Management inMumbai

Mumbai is a classic example ofurban mess. The city generates6500 to 7000 metric tons ofMunicipal Solid Waste (MSW) aday. More than a crore is spentdaily on its collection and dis-posal. Yet, its managementleaves much to be desired. Thesituation is no better in mostother metropolitan cities in thecountry.

The problem is accentuated inMumbai due to high density andlarge proportion of slum popu-lation. The slum and pavementdwellers do not have access toproper conservancy services anddispose their waste in the publicspaces – roads, drains or railwaytracks. North-South layout of thecity and unidirectional commut-ing of millions every day alongwith servicing hawkers contrib-ute to littering of major roads.Paucity of land due to geographi-cal limitations and Coastal ZoneRegulations hamper scientificprocessing and disposal of waste.All these factors render wastemanagement in Mumbai more

complicated and difficult, com-pared to other cities.

Management of MSW is a consti-tutional and obligatory respon-sibility of the Urban Local Bod-ies (ULBs). A study of Class Icities in Maharashtra by the AllIndia Institute of Local SelfGovernment indicates that theULBs spend over a thousandrupees on per ton of waste gen-erated in these cities. 70% of thisexpenditure goes towards thelabour intensive activity ofsweeping and 20% on the collec-tion and transportation. Theestablishment accounts for morethan 75% of the entire expendi-ture. The expenditure on theprocessing and scientific disposalof waste is a meagre 10%, thedisposal is hardly scientificthough.

The Municipal Corporation ofGreater Mumbai (MCGM) spendsover Rs. 400 crores on the SolidWaste Management of whichmore than Rs. 250 crores goesin the wages. 25,000 employeesdeployed largely for sweeping ofthe streets and collection ofwaste, are disproportionatelyhigher in number in the city areathan in suburbs of GreaterMumbai.

Primary Storage andDoorstep Collection

One reason of unsanitary condi-tions in our cities is the absenceof primary storage of waste andan efficient collection and trans-portation mechanism. Tradition-ally, the citizens deposit theirwaste in the community bins,placed at public places. The stor-age capacity at these points isoften inadequate and clearanceof wastes erratic, causing gar-bage heaps and unhygienic

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conditions. Arresting the garbageat source by its storage andsynchronized collection at thedoorstep of the Generators is thefirst step towards improving citysanitation. This is also mandatedby the Municipal Solid WasteRules 2000 framed by the Gov-ernment of India.

Primary storage of waste renderswaste segregation enforceable.However, only 15% of the wastein Mumbai is collected house tohouse, rest is collected at thesecondary storage stage from thecommunity bins. This ratio needsto be reversed.

The Municipal Corporation ofGreater Mumbai (MCGM) hasalready declared the segregationand storage of garbage at sourcemandatory. This should, how-ever, be matched by an efficienthouse to house waste collectionand transportation systemthroughout the city. In slums,with more than 60% city popula-tion, house to house collectioncan be introduced through theCommunity Based Organization(CBOs) under the Slum AdoptionScheme. The waste collectedthrough hand carts, tricycles,auto rickshaws or similar modescan be transferred to communitybins which could be lifted by adumper placer/skip loadervehicles or compactors, andcarted away to the landfill withnarrow pathways through theslums; vehicles cannot accesswaste from house to house.Therefore, the system of keepingplastic containers in the passagesfor limited period for doorstepcollection of waste and thenremoving them has proved suc-cessful in adopted slums.

Decentralized Processing –Recycling Waste

The advantage of primary stor-age and collection of waste at the

doorstep is that it facilitatesrecycling of waste by removingthe recyclables at source. Whilethe doorstep collection may addto the collection cost, it is coun-terbalanced by the reduction inwaste quantity. The associationsof waste pickers or scrap deal-ers can be involved in the door-step collection of dry waste. Thishas been successfully tried inpilot projects in Cuffe Parade,Parsi Colony, Dadar, and inAndheri. The same can be repli-cated in each ward of Mumbaithrough networking with NGOsand association of residents,recyclers, waste pickers, scrapdealers, etc. The NGOs can alsobe involved in the processing ofthe biodegradable waste likeStree Mukti Sanghathana, anNGO, working for women wastepickers has taken a contract inTata Colony for collection of thedry waste and composting of thebiodegradable waste. They arealso involved in setting up smallbiogas facilities in the easternsuburbs.

Segregated biodegradable wastecan also be reduced within theward by decentralized wasteprocessing through simple

composting, vermicomposting orbiomethanation. To begin with,the leaf litter, vegetable marketwaste and segregated hotelwaste can be processed in theward at the municipal land avail-able. Biomethanation plants canbe installed to process 5-10 tonsof such waste in municipal hos-pitals, sewerage, pumping sta-tions, municipal markets, ga-rages, abattoir or school campusand methane which is useful forheating or cooking can be gen-erated and commercially sold offfor cost recovery. Efficacy of suchBio Gas plants has been success-fully demonstrated by theBhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) at its campus in Trombay.Outside BARC, first such plantshave been installed in CentenaryHospital, Municipal abattoir ineastern suburbs.

Institutionalizing CommunityParticipation

MCGM has made pioneering ef-forts in involving community inwaste minimization through theAdvance Locality Management(ALM) concept. Around 600 suchsocieties in different parts of thecity are engaged in segregation

Stones/Ashes (41.81%)

Metal (0.64%)

Glass/Ceramics (0.44%)

Plastics (0.62%)

Paper (0.81%)

Grass (3.80%)

Vegetables,Leaves (40.15%)

Miscellaneous (11.73%)

Composition of Municipal Solid Waste

Source: Management of Municipal Solid Waste, Central Pollution Control Board, Ministryof Environment and Forest.

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and processing of waste atsource. There is need to multi-ply the number of ALMs andincentivise the citizens for decen-tralized waste management.MCGM can consider a contrac-tual arrangement with the Resi-dents’ societies or NGOs for thispurpose and compensate themaccordingly. It is estimated by theLoshi Lane ALM residents (thefirst ALM of the city) that thecost of Integrated Solid WasteManagement by the residents isRs. 8 per capita per month orRs. 96 per annum. This includesthe sweeping of roads, cleaningof storm water gutters, collectionand decentralized waste process-ing and maintenance of theadopted area. This model can betested in one unserviced areafirst and then replicated if foundsuccessful. This may provide alegal framework to communityinvolvement in city wastemanagement and substantiallyreduce the cost of wastemanagement.

Secondary Storage

Notwithstanding a mandatorystorage of waste at sourcematched by an efficient doorstepwaste collection system, second-ary waste storage is essential forwaste transfer and particularlyin areas of bulk waste generationsuch as slums. The MSW Rules2000 mandate prohibition oflittering through the provisionsof community waste storage bins.There are about 5500 waste col-lection points in Mumbai, wheremore than 6000 storage binshave been placed. Most of thesereceptables are open and bot-tomless or are open RCC refusebins which require manual andmultiple handling of waste.

The MSW Rules 2000 provide forclosed type bins of prescribedcolour code, i.e., white for recy-clable waste, green for biode-

gradable and black for debrisand inert waste. The bins shouldbe compatible with the transportvehicle and facilitate mechanizedloading, avoiding manual andmultiple handling of waste.

With a general shift from second-ary collection to primary collec-tion of waste at the doorstep ofthe generators, the garbagecollection points can be substan-tially reduced to 20% or evenless. Secondary storage will berequired more in the slums or inareas with very heavy waste gen-eration, viz., markets, railwaystations, hawking zones. Withreduced requirement, the MCGMwill do well to replace the exist-ing open bins with covered skipcontainers or compactor trolleysor even stationery compactors.

Staff must be posted in minimumtwo shifts to guard, maintainthese points neat and clean.

Mumbai typically has a very highvolume of floating population anddaily commuters. Almost 65 lakhpeople traverse the city every dayby different modes of transport.This necessitates installing litterbins on the pavements at adistance varying from 20 to 250metres depending on the area.Litter bins will facilitate the com-muters to deposit the waste inhand in such bins rather thanlittering the roads. These binscan be installed and maintainedthrough sponsorers or associa-tions of traders/business groups.

Once the storage and collectionsystem improves, the pressure on

Municipal Solid Waste Generation in Metro Cities

City Municipal Solid Per CapitaWaste (TPD) Waste (kg/day)

Ahmedabad 1,683 0.585Bangalore 2,000 0.484Bhopal 546 0.514Chennai 3.124 0.657Coimbatore 350 0.429Delhi 4,000 0.475Hyderabad 1,566 0.382Indore 350 0.321Jaipur 580 0.398Kanpur 1,200 0.640Kochi 347 0.518Kolkata 3,692 0.383Lucknow 1,010 0.623Ludhiana 400 0.384Madurai 370 0.392Mumbai 5,355 0.436Nagpur 443 0.273Patna 330 0.360Pune 700 0.312Surat 900 0.600Vadodara 400 0.389Varanasi 412 0.400Visakhapatnam 300 0.400

Source: Management of Municipal Solid Waste, Central Pollution Control Board

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sweeping will naturally comedown. However, all major roadsin the city will require cleaningevery day. Major roads must becleaned by night. This wasexperimented in Mumbai in 1999with good results.

Cities like Hyderabad and Suratclean their major roads at night.Night cleaning can be contractedout in case the regular staff isunwilling to do this.

Efficient Collection andTransportation System

Collection and Transportation of100% waste on a daily basis isan imperative of the MSW Rules.In Mumbai, the collection andtransportation is carried outlargely through the departmen-tal work force using partiallydepartmental vehicles andpartially vehicles provided by thecontractors. Recently contractshave been awarded for collectionand transportation in unservicedareas in which both vehicles andstaff are provided by the contrac-tor. Thus, at present, there arethree systems in operation. Someof the lacunae in the wastecollection and transportationsystem in Mumbai are as follows:

Firstly, there is an area overlapof departmental vehicles andcontractors fleet, making itimpossible to fix accountabilityon either side. It is thereforeadvisable to delimit area withinthe zones or ward for the depart-mental and contract collectionand transport.

Secondly, the capacity utilizationof the departmental fleet needsimprovement. Dual control onthe waste loaders and vehiclestaff results in low efficiency.Combination of private vehicleand municipal loaders is not anefficient system for the privatewaste carriers as well. It may be

considered to man only depart-mental vehicles by the municipalstaff. Contractors could beallowed to deploy their own staffto maximize the efficiency oftheir fleet.

Thirdly, the system of storageand types of vehicles are oftennot compatible. Thus, one findsa mechanically liftable bin beingemptied manually raising thecost of collection.

Fourthly, the vehicles areengaged on the shift or tripbasis resulting in more vehiclesand trips without commensurateresults. MCGM has now installedelectronic weigh bridges at itslandfill sites and introducedweighment criterion. This shouldbe applicable to both departmen-tal and private operations.Departmental staff could beincentivised for extra loadcarried and penalized for underutilization of the machinery andstaff.

The private operations fill uptheir vehicles to the brim, onceweight is the major parameterfor valuation. Along with weight,the inspection reports of thesupervisory staff and citizens’complaints should also be con-sidered for performance evalua-tion, in-built incentives for seg-regation and recycling of wasteshould be an essential compo-nent of collection and transpor-tation systems.

Micro Planning

One reason of high cost of wastemanagement in Mumbai is theabsence of micro planning.Mumbai’s population is almostone-fourth of the state’s urbanpopulation and the waste gen-eration is more than 40% of thestate’s figure. Even an adminis-trative ward in Mumbai is big-ger than many Class I cities in thestate. Thus, micro planning at an

electoral ward or conservancysection for storage, collection,decentralized processing andtransportation of waste should beconsidered. This will ensure aneffective participation of theelected representatives, NGOsand citizens in planning andwaste management process.

An average population of an elec-toral ward in Mumbai is about50,000 and waste generationnearly 30 tons. It will be easierto plan at this scale. An electoralward could be serviced totally bythe departmental work force orby a contract arrangement forcollection and transportation ofwaste. Ideally even the sweepingoperations should be with thesame agency. MCGM should usethe experience of ALMs and theinvolvement of the NGOs inmicro planning for the wastemanagement. Possibilities ofprocessing and recycling of seg-regated waste within the elec-toral ward must be explored.Processing of even five tons ofwaste per ward will reducenearly 25% of the biodegradablewaste generated.

Scientific Disposal

A city with 12 million populationand 7000 MT of waste/day hasto provide scientific processingand disposal facility. Currently,Mumbai has three landfills atDeonar, Gorai and Mulund withareas 110 ha, 15 ha, and 25 harespectively. Deonar receivesnearly 70% of the waste.

The Mandate of the MSW Ruleswas to improve the existing land-fill by December 2001. It isadvisable that the MCGM takesmeasures on the warfooting toupgrade the existing sites. Pune,Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik,Hyderabad, Bangalore, etc., havesurged ahead in this area. Thewaste should be sanitized

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through a biological process totreat the waste and avoid thenuisance of stench, flies, birdsand rodents. This also reducesthe waste to 50% by volume dueto evaporation and stabilizationprocess. Further, constructiondebris which accounts for 35% ofthe waste should not go the land-fill and can be stored within thewards and either processed tomake bricks or tiles or reused forconstruction activity.

Centralized Processing

If the waste is processed on theabove lines, the existing landfillsduly upgraded into sanitary land-fills, can last more than 5 years.The life can be extended if threeWaste to Energy projects of 1000TPD each and two compostprojects of total 800 TPD capac-ity (already contracted) are com-missioned during next two years.Mumbai should not rule out theoption of Waste to Energy (WTE)technology especially the onebased on anaerobic compostingor biomethanation. This technol-ogy though more capital inten-sive requires smaller area com-pared to aerobic composting andis more efficient in terms of waste

reduction, cost and resourcerecovery. The possibility of get-ting Clean Development Mecha-nism Funds established by theUnited Nations Framework Con-vention on Climate Change(Kyoto Protocol) should betapped to partially balance thecapital investment. Incidentallythe first such plant is shortlybeing commissioned in Lucknowwhich may obviate much of thefears about the WTE technology.

Institutional Waste

Additionally, waste generated bythe large public sector andprivate sector institutions such asRailways, Mumbai Port Trust,Airport Authority, RCF, Godrej,clubs, etc., should be processedand disposed of within theirpremises. Only processing rejectsshould be allowed to be trans-ported to the upgraded landfillsand tipping fee should becharged to the generators tomotivate them to minimize theirwaste.

Enforcement

The MCGM has prohibited litter-ing and mandated storage and

segregation of waste at source.Yet it is required to be enforcedmore effectively. The nuisancedetection squads need to bestrengthened and more squadsraised to have visible impact. Itmay be worthwhile to involveNGOs in this area primarily forawareness building and then fornuisance detection.

Conclusion

Processing of waste at source byresidents, recycling of dry waste,decentralized waste processingwithin the wards, separatecollection and disposal of debris,centralized processing of wasteinto energy and compost andrestricting the institutionalwaste, can significantly reducethe waste and enhance the lifeof upgraded sanitary landfills.

It is high time that the city guard-ians, administrators. Govern-ment, and NGOs and the citizensjoin hands to make concertedefforts for the revival of theMumbai and upgrade the cityinto a world class metro. This isessential not only for its improve-ment and growth but also for itsvery survival.

Plastic is a great boon to this age. Its utility is enormous.We cannot think of our life without plastics. Howeverour ignorance about its use and indiscriminate litteringis turning it into a bane. A proper management of thePlastic waste is the only remedy to solve this problem.So, let not say “No to Plastic” rather let’s say “To knowPlastic”. Our positive and conscious approach may coverlife comfortable while keeping our environment pollution-free. Hope this booklet will convey this message to massesand reveal many unknown facts about plastics.

Prof. Dr. Sudip K. BanerjeeChairman,

West Bengal Pollution Control Board

Preface in the booklet “PLASTICS in aid of ENVIRONMENT”prepared by Indian Plastics Federation in association withPlastindia Foundation, Mumbai and I.C.P.E., Mumbai

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ICPE Participation at FICCI Environment Conclave 2005

On the dais (L to R): Dr. V. Rajagopalan, Mr. Onkar S. Kanwar, Hon. MinisterShri Namo Narain Meena, Dr. Pradipto Ghosh and Mr. Salil Singhal.

Mr. T. K. Bandopodhyay of ICPEmaking a point. Dr. J. D. Desai ofIPCL seen on his left.

Ms. Almitra Patel and otherdelegates discussing an issue.

ICPE participated in FICCI Envi-ronment Conclave on SustainableWaste Management – Public-Private Partnership and BusinessOpportunities for Industries. TheConclave was supported by theMinistry of Environment and For-ests (MoEF), Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB), The WorldBank, International Finance Cor-poration and USAID. The Confer-ence attempted to identify areasof public-private partnershipsand promote waste managementas a business opportunity inareas of Industrial HazardousWaste Management, MunicipalSolid Waste Management, Bio-medical Waste Management andWaste Water Treatment.

The Conclave was inauguratedby Shri Namo Narain Meena,Hon’ble Minister of State forEnvironment and Forests, Govt.of India. Dr. Pradipto Ghosh,Secretary, MoEF, GoI, Dr. V.Rajagopalan, Chairman, CPCB,Mr. Onkar S. Kanwar, President,FICCI, Mr. Salil Singhal, Chair-man, FICCI Environment Com-mittee, Dr. R. Mandal, Adviser(E&F), Planning Commission,GoI, were among the main

dignitaries who attended theConclave.

Some of the important informa-tion shared during the Conclavewere:

• Solid Waste Generation inIndia today is approximately1,00,000 MT per day.

• Hazardous Waste Generationin India is approximately 4.3million tons per annum.

• 85 Common Waste Manage-ment facilities have beencreated in India till the end of2004.

• 70% of Hazardous Waste isgenerated by 5 States : AndhraPradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

• 40 MT of MSW can be com-posted to 8 MT by weight. Fer-tilizer subsidy by the UnionGovernment is Rs. 14,000 croreper year. A small part of thisamount was proposed to begiven to composting sector forencouraging the activity. Theuse of this compost in theagricultural field would reducethe use of synthetic pesticidesdrastically.

• 100 MT of MSW can generate1 MW of power. One unit nearHyderabad generates 6.6 MWpower from 500 MTD of MSW.

• Use of biodegradable plasticbags for collection of bio-medical waste at some of thehospitals was debated. It wasopined in the open forum of theConclave that as the bio-medi-cal wastes are either inciner-ated or specially treated beforeany other mode of disposal,there is no need for using bio-degradable plastic bags for thispurpose.

Other points discussedduring the Conclave:

Any plastic bag including biode-gradable plastic bag should notbe used for wrapping food wastesfor disposal. (Issue raised byICPE, supported by Ms. AlmitraPatel and Mr. P. U. Asnani andothers).

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The Conclave discussed mainlyon hazardous wastes, bio-medi-cal wastes and common problemof disposal of Municipal SolidWastes. There was no referenceof plastics during the generaldiscussion. Reference of use ofplastics for road constructionwas widely discussed. Somedelegates wanted to know moreauthenticated information on thissubject. They were advised torefer to Tamil Nadu GovernmentSite on the subject as wellas ICPE websites for detailedinformation.

Dr. J. D. Desai of IPCL’s HSEDepartment raised the point onthe lacuna in the MaharashtraGovernment’s policy on notgiving permission to corporatesto have their own hazardouswaste management disposalsystem.

The deliberation during theConclave was very useful andfree exchange of ideas among thedelegates and the policy makershelped everybody to update theirinformation on the presentstatus of Solid Waste Manage-ment System in the country.

Excerpts from the inaugural address ofthe Hon. Minister Shri Namo Narain MeenaThe three important compo-nents of sustainable develop-ment are economic develop-ment, social development andenvironmental protection areinterdependent and mutuallyreinforcing pillars. Povertyeradication, changing unsus-tainable patterns of productionand consumption and protect-ing and managing the naturalresource base of economicand social development areoverarching objectives of, andessential requirements for, sus-tainable development.

Significant increase in munici-pal solid waste has also beenreported. As per report of theEnergy and Resources Institute(TERI), the waste generationper capita is increasing at therate of 1 to 1.33% annually.Under the business as usualscenario, the total waste gen-eration within next fivedecades would multiply fivetimes the present level of about50 million tons per day. Asurbanization continues to take

place, management of solidwaste is becoming a major pub-lic health and environmentalconcern.

Environmentally sound wastemanagement, be it, industrial,hazardous or municipal isrequired to face the challeng-ing task.

Some of the revolutionarywaste management solutionshave been demonstratedthrough bio-methanation,composting, etc., which areinnovative and need to dissemi-nated and used on a largescale. The development of suchmodel environmental friendlysolutions are based on a visionof a sustainable future, whichattempts to convert waste intoa valuable resource.

The industry, therefore, shouldencourage with public-privatepartnership, a green supplychain for products and pro-cesses and waste to energytechnologies, etc., keeping inview the “life cycle” concept.

ICPE as Envis Centre

MoEF has converted ICPEEnvis Node to ICPE-EnvisCentre w.e.f. July 2004 andconsidered continuation of itssupport to this Centre, as amember of Envis Network.

This has been the result ofthe effective contributionsmade by ICPE Envis Nodetowards the programme onEnvironmental ManagementCapacity Building TechnicalAssistance Project.

Website hits

ICPE websites – icpenviro.org and envis-icpe.com provide usefulinformation on plastics and environment including Solid WasteManagement with special reference to Plastics Waste.

The sites have created growing interest among the net surfers ascan be seen from the increasing number of hits.

www.icpenviro.org www.envis-icpe.com

Months Hits Months Hits

January 12,253 January 28,289

February 12,883 February 43,195

March 12,049 March 56,671

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The ICPE put up its Theme Pavilion at the aboveexhibition exclusively devoted to the area of plas-tics, organized jointly by the Tamil Nadu PlasticsManufacturers Association (TAPMA) and the coun-terpart associations from Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka and Kerala and Central Institute of Plas-tics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai.

Welcoming the exhibition participants, invitees,dignitaries and specially the Chief Guest His Excel-lency, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of TamilNadu, Mr. C. K. Sekar, President, TAPMA, observedthat this maiden effort by the joint participation ofthe associations in the Southern States with CIPET-Chennai and blessings of the Plastindia Founda-tion will indeed lay the foundation for similar eventsin the future spreading the expanded entrepreneur-ship and use of plastics in this part of the country.

Mr. Mahesh Shah, President, Plastindia Founda-tion, requested the Industry and the Governmentto address the Plastics Waste Management in anappropriate manner and remove the myth inthe minds of the public – that plastics litter theatmosphere and the fact that littering in effectis caused by the consumers. The realization needsto be driven home effectively considering the pro-posed quantum jump in plastics consumption in thecountry.

The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals andPetroleum addressing the gathering highlighted theadvantages the plastics industry offers to the coun-try and the benefits derived from thereof. Heassured all possible help from the Government inthe earnest use of plastics in the economic devel-opment of the country.

The Chief Guest, His Excellency Shri S. S. Barnalarecalled the debates on sacks for foodgrains,cement, fertilizers in the earlier years and observedthat since then the perceptions have changed. Headded that plastics play a significant role in every-day life of all in as much as plastics in one form orthe other finds an inroad in every conceivableapplication. It is necessary to understand the util-

25th-28th Feb. 2005, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai

ICPE Participation

Visitors – ICPE Theme Pavilion

ity of a product and display the same for economi-cal benefit of all, he concluded.

In his address, Dr. Sushil K. Verma, DirectorGeneral, CIPET, said that the strong link establishedbetween the associations and the Institute hashelped to revitalize the subject of plastics andsuch shows and conferences should take the goalforward.

The Theme Pavilion with an area of 225 sq.mtr.was put up at the entrance of the exhibition site.The display panels highlighted the concepts anduse of plastics as well as better and beneficialutilization of used plastics, possible adoption of

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plastics recyclates into varioususable forms and the overall ben-efits they stand to offerparticularly in the context ofenvironmental aspects. The textmatter with illustrations depictedthrough a series of panels werealso supported with actual prod-ucts produced from recyclatesthat included partition boards,blankets, straps, consumer andindustrial products, chains andfuel sample from post-consumerwastes.

The efforts to convey that wasteplastics are not pollutants wasfurther augmented by a continu-ous film show (in a separateblock built within the stall), aninternet connection to accessICPE website and a discussionroom.

English/Tamil versions of theICPE publication – “Plastics &

Environment – Point Counter-point and Frequently AskedQuestions.” were distributed tothe visitors.

The visitors profile was a mix ofgeneral public, business commu-nity, potential entrepreneurs,

academic community and signifi-cantly, a large number of schoolchildren with their faculty.

Considerable interest waswitnessed for technology andsource availability, for thePartition Boards and PETrecyclate-based Blankets. Thesocial representatives alsoevinced keen interest to haveeducative programmes and moreliteratures.

Conference

ICPE co-sponsored the Confer-ence, held on 26th-27th Febru-ary, 2005 at Le-Meridian, on theoccasion of the exhibition. TheConference was organized byCIPET.

The paper “Plastics and Environ-ment” was presented by Mr. P. V.Narayanan, Advisor ICPE, on27th February, 2005.

ICPE’s Advertisementwins National Award!

ICPE had launched an awareness campaign inmass media to highlight the benefits of plasticto the society at large. The campaign waslaunched in various languages.

ICPE’s advertisement in Tamil, which appearedin the Tamil version of India Today dated 24thMarch, 2004, has won the prestigious KalkiSadasivam Memorial Trust Award for the year.

The award instituted by the Kalki SadasivamMemorial Trust is given every year to the bestadvertisement with good creativity, attractivevisual and copy matter besides, a touch ofsocial purpose.

Dr. Sushil. K. Verma, Director General, CIPET,and Member Executive Committee, ICPEreceived on behalf of ICPE, a memento as amark of recognition and appreciation forhaving sponsored the prize-winning advertise-ment at a function held in Chennai on 12thMarch, 2005.

Memento for the Theme Pavilion

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Saurashtra Plastics Manufactur-ers Association had organized its9th Seminar at Rajkot whereinthis members of SPMA and lead-ing personalities connected withPlastic Industry, senior officialsof Rajkot Municipal Corporation,along with other dignitaries par-ticipated. This Seminar wasinaugurated by Shri VajubhaiVala, Hon’ble Finance Minister,Gujarat State. Shri Sujit Banerji,President, Polymers & OlefinsBusiness, RIL and ExecutiveSecretary, Member, ExecutiveCommittee, ICPE was the ChiefGuest.

The business session was on thetopic of “Plastic is option, Nooption for Plastic”. A team of fiveexpert speakers from renownedindustries and connected fieldspresented their papers.

In the Seminar it was empha-sized that Plastics Waste Man-agement is the only alternativeto environmental problems forwhich certain agencies like Civicauthorities, Plastic Industry,Govt. and Community basesupport through NGOs can dosomething jointly for clean &green environment.

Participation in SPMA’s 9th SeminarRajkot-29th January, 2005

Hon’ble Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala is seen lighting the lamp. Shri SujitBanerji, Chief Guest and other dignitaries look on.

Technical Session in progress.

ICPE - EC Meeting

ICPE-EC Meeting in progress at AIPMA House, on29th March, 2005.

ICPE held its combined Executive Committee andGoverning Council Meeting on 27th January atBoard Room, Plastindia Foundation.

Another Meeting of its Executive Committee washeld on 29th March, 2005 at AIPMA House.

During these meetings, ICPE’s activities werereviewed and the Plans for the year 2005-06 weremade.

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City of Tomorrow and Cultural HeritageWithin the European Union’s 5thFramework Programme forResearch, Technology Develop-ment and Demonstration (RTD),launched in 1999, six projects ofthe action line “Sustainable cityplanning and rational resourcemanagement” (Key Action “Cityof tomorrow and cultural heri-tage”) successfully developeddecision-making tools for sus-tainable Municipal Solid Waste(MSW) Management.

The six projects were subse-quently organized in a cluster

project that aims to providewaste solutions for local authori-ties – the Waste Solutions –European Urban Waste Manage-ment Cluster Project (EUWMC);www.wastesolutions.org.

The cluster brings togetherdecisionmakers and practitio-ners from local authorities withresearchers, with the aim ofcontributing to policy and tech-nology development on wastemanagement and avoidance.

On 14-15 March 2005 in Orléans,France, the Waste Solutions Clus-

ter will host the conferenceAWARE – Avoidance and Man-agement of Municipal SolidWaste in the EU/25 and Mediter-ranean countries: New andfuture research, a commonforum aiming to synthesise cur-rent research on urban wastemanagement with the actualsituation and needs of EU andMediterranean municipalities.

The AWARE Conference willalso provide recommendationsregarding the directions AppliedResearch should take in thefuture.

Joint Capacity Development Project underEU–Asia link ProgrammeThe EU-Asia Pro Eco II Programme is a regionalco-operation programme between Asia and the EUwithin the realm of the environment. In order totackle the most environmental issues which mayhave a negative impact on the welfare and healthof the increasing numbers of Asian city dwellers,this programme has adopted an urban focus whichbuilds upon the environmental achievements of twoearlier programmes : EU-Asia Pro Eco and EU-AsiaUrbs I + II. The programme aims to:

• Enhance capacities to improve the existingenvironmental quality in urban contexts, andplan for new or expanding settlements in a sus-tainable way;

• Improve mutual understanding and awarenessby and between stakeholders and local urbancommunities in Europe and Asia of environmen-tal issues;

• Facilitate local implementation of internationalenvironmental agreements in different urbancontexts;

• Provide solutions for improved living conditionsfor vulnerable Asian city dwellers identified andprovided;

• Involve local urban populations in environmen-tal management and planning;

• Implement and exchange innovative technolo-gies, policies, measures and techniques toaddress existing environmental problems thataffect city or town.

Under this programme, an application to under-take a project titled “Joint Development of CleanTechnologies for the Recycling of Plastics” weremade jointly by Faculty of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, Eindhoven University of Technology,Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the University Insti-tute of Chemical Technology (UICT), formerlyknown as UDCT, Mumbai University and ICPE. TheDutch Team comprising Dr. Ir. J. M. N. Van Kasterenand Dr. Patrick van Schijndel visited Mumbai, whowere taken to a representative plastic recyclingplant near Mumbai. A joint proposal has been sub-mitted to the EU Commission for approval.

Dutch Team visit to ICPE: Clockwise from left:Dr. Kasteren, Mr. Vijay Merchant, Dr. Patrick,Mr. K. G. Ramanathan and Dr. D. D. Kale.

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Awareness Programme among School Children

ICPE has been in fore-front in organizingprogrammes in schoolsto create Awareness onWaste Management andClean Environmentamongst school children.

ICPE, Maharashtra Plas-tics Manufacturers’ Association (MPMA) andPlastindia Foundation jointly organized an Envi-ronmental Awareness Programme in Panchagani,Maharashtra, during 4th and 5th March, 2005.Mr. Rajiv Tolat, Member, Executive Committee,ICPE, Mr. Gopal Rathi, President, MPMA andMr. Bansilal Lunkad, Plastindia Representative forEducational and Awareness Programme inMaharashtra, visited the schools in the area.

On 4th and 5th March, 2005 Mr. Rajiv Tolat,Member-Executive Committee of ICPE, madepresentations in 6 schools at Panchagani andMahabaleshwar. More than 1,200 school childrenattended the programme in the schools.

The presentations prepared by ICPE coveredResponsible Use of Plastics; the Importance of Clean

Mr. Rajiv Tolat makingthe presentation.

Students of St. Joseph’s Convent.

Mr. Rajiv Tolat and Mr. Bansilal Lunkad seen at(Left) St. Kimmin’s High School and (Right) St. Peter’s School

Environment; Recycling of Plastics and Myths andRealities (Point – Counter-Point) about plastics.

The school children found the audio-video presen-tation very interesting. The students raised num-ber of questions, which were answered by Mr. RajivTolat to the satisfaction of the school children.

The usefulness of plastics in daily life and the needfor its responsible use was quite well understoodby the students and teachers.

Mrs. Karhadkar, President of the PanchganiGiristhan Parishad, requested ICPE to make simi-lar presentations in other schools during the nextacademic year.

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The Recycling and WasteManagement ExhibitionBirmingham, UK13th-15th September, 2005

http://www.rwmexhibition.com

INTERPLAS 2005Birmingham NEC, UK4th-6th October, 2005

InterplasticaMoscow13th-16th December, 2005

CHINAPLAS 2005Guangzhou, Baizhou, China21st-24th June, 2005

China is the World’s FastestGrowing Economy offering hugetrade and investment opportuni-ties for British companies.

CHINAPLAS is the perfect gate-way to the Chinese Market. It isthe largest plastics and rubberfair in the Asia Pacific region andone of the top 5 InternationalPlastics shows.

Indonesia’s mostcomprehensive Event

PLASTICS & RUBBERINDONESIA 2005The 18th InternationalPlastics & Rubber Machinery,Processing & MaterialsExhibition

Jakarta International Expo,Kemayoran, Jakarta,Indonesia7th-10th December, 2005

For more details contact:E-mail:[email protected]

PLASTOPOL 20059th International Fair ofPlastics Processing31st May-3rd June, 2005

PLASTOPOL is Poland’s fastestgrowing plastic exhibition and isone of the major plastic eventsin Central and Eastern Europe.

WasteTech 2005Moscow, Russia31st May-3rd June, 2005

The 4th International Trade Fairand Congress for Waste Manage-ment and Recycling Industry willbe held in Moscow between31 May-3 June, 2005. Event willbe organized in newly builtCrocus Expo – modern exhibitiongrounds on the cross-road ofVolokolamskoye Avenue andMoscow City ring.

For details:E-mail: [email protected]: www.waste-tech.ru

Nehru Centre, Mumbai7th-8th June, 2005

The exhibition will usher in anew era of excellence for solidwaste management in the city ofMumbai.

The objective of this event is tobring a heightened awareness ofsophisticated technology, equip-ment and materials which go to-wards solid waste management.

Printpack Asia-2005Palace Grounds, Bangalore23rd-26th June, 2005

http://www.revivetradefairs.com

Asia’s biggest and one of thelargest fairs in the world ofPlastics

PLASTINDIA 20066th InternationalPlastics Exhibition &Conference9th-14th February, 2006Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

INDIA:ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIESAs a nation that has experiencedstupendous growth over the pasttwo decades, India is today theworld’s 2nd largest growingeconomy. There is no othercountry more conducive to theexpansion and development ofthe plastics industry.

With a double-digit growth ofaround 15%, Indian per capitaconsumption of plastic is setto rise from 4 kgs to 10.5 kgsby 2010 and its polymerconsumption to 12.5 MMT perannum, making India the 3rdlargest polymer consumer in theworld.

PLASTINDIA 2006 attempts toprovide a platform for both,members of the Indian plasticsfraternity and their internationalcounterparts, to discuss anddisplay their latest innovations inplastics.

PLASTINDIA 2006 is the mostawaited event for product sourc-ing, technology exchange andjoint venture.

For further details contact:PLASTINDIA FOUNDATIONTel.: (022) 2683 2911E-mail: [email protected]

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Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environmentwww.icpenviro.org • www.envis-icpe.com


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