1st Stage: To Manage Solid Waste Collection

Current Scenario:

• Reuse and Recycling is done by Informal Sector

• In 2025 waste generation per capita will be 0.75 kg/capita/day

• In 2025 total amount of waste will reach 21.07 million tons per year.

• Soiled recyclables materials from the source of waste, dustbins and dumpsites are retrieved by waste pickers

Solution: Create awareness among general people about “Zero Waste Lifestyle”.

Stakeholder: Government and NGOs have to actively participate in creating awareness to reduce waste production in
the civil society
1st Stage: To Manage Solid Waste Collection

Active citizen participation and awareness programs to make citizens more informed about the
4Rs principle, i.e., Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover.

Actions: Strong cooperation and consensus between the government and community is essential in
planning and implementing a decentralized management system for Municipal Solid Waste​

Introduce “Zero Waste lifestyle” through Sharing and Rental & Foodbank​

“Zero Waste lifestyle” through Sharing and Rental & Foodbank:

• Sharing and Rental :One of the reasons for waste pollution is overconsumption. People won’t need to buy a new product
if they know they can rent it! Share and rent out power tools, children's toys and baby products, travel accessories, or any
other expensive products people only need for a short period
• Foodbank: Foundations like Biddanondo and 1 takai Ahar are working on donating food and distributing it to people in
need. Make their work more recognizable by giving incentives through the government
1st Stage: To Manage Solid Waste Collection

Goal/ Policy fulfilled:

• SDGs 12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
• SDGs 12.3 By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along
production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
3rd Stage: To manage waste disposal at the landfill site

Current Scenario:

• Usually, open crude dumping is adopted • Unhygienic and Insufficient

• Toxic wastes are directly disposed in landfill • A Large amount of waste remains Unmanaged​

Solution: Establish WTE Plant (Waste to Energy Plant)

What is WTE Plant??

A waste-to-energy plant is a waste management facility that combusts waste to produce electricity. Most waste-to-
energy plants burn municipal solid waste

Case Study: Waste-to-energy generation is being increasingly looked at as a potential energy diversification strategy,
especially in Sweden, and South Korea. (Thanos Bourtsalas et al., 2019)
3rd Stage: To manage waste disposal at the landfill site

WTP will use waste that are not recyclable, by design or economically, and are
not hazardous will be transferred to the landfill site.

Actions: Items that will are rejected by the Compost pit and Waste Recycling Plant will
go to the WTE plant

Informal Sectors have to be included in WTE plants

Goal/ Policy fulfilled:

12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12. C Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption
Present Condition Proposed Condition
WASTE GENERATION
From Domestic, Commercial,
Industrial, Street Sweeping,
Health Care facilities

Inorganic Organic

TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION
Freight train, Community-Based
Demountable truck Demountable truck

WASTE DISPOSAL
Waste to Waste Compost Pit
Energy Plant Recycling Plant
Formalizing Informal Sector and Incorporate
them with the existing Formal System
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