Book Release and Meeting on Solid Waste in Patna, Bihar, 14th December, 2016

[swati singh sambyal]

NOT IN MY BACKYARD: Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities

Book Release and workshop: Patna, Bihar
 

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi is conducting a half day programme in Patna, Bihar on Solid Waste Management on 14th December, 2016 to release its report ‘Not in My Backyard: Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities’ and discuss the agenda for a clean Bihar.

We have been to some of the cleanest cities across the country and have rated them. The system for rating cities was to determine who is the cleanest of them all in terms of solid waste management. It is clear that cities that are segregating their waste have been able to effectively process and treat it and have achieved the status of zero landfill cities. While, some cities are doing - part segregation and part treatment. And then, there are a few cities, that are visibly clean but dumping their waste. We have incorporated all our findings in our book: ‘Not in My Backyard’.

The objective of this programme is to discuss the roadmap for a Swachh Bihar. It is clear that waste management needs to be reinvented in our cities. In light of the new Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, segregation at source is imperative and the shift needs to be towards treatment and processsing. The meeting shall discuss the existing situation of state in terms of solid waste management, the new rules and some of the best practices across the country on solid waste management.

The programme is ideal for regulators, practitioners, consultants, academicians and NGOs working in solid waste management.

Date: December 14, 2016 
Timing: 9.30 AM-2.30 PM 
Venue: Auditorium, AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Bihar

Limited seats, for registration kindly write to Dr.Sonia Henam at [e-mail], [phone]

[Dr. Dharmendra]

Recommendation of few points regarding the policy framework for the effective management of municipal solid waste as follows

1. Policy for the appointment of at least one environment engineer with civil background and masters in environment should be made mandatory in the municipal councils for the effective waste management.
2. Householders who are willing to participate in MSWM should be given tax incentives and benefits, which will encourage more people for participation.
3. Every town has individual waste characteristics and different psychology of people. So, every MC should have a separate master plan for their MSWM.
4. Nowadays, every state has National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Municipal council and pollution control boards should collaborate with these institutions, students of these institutes under specialized faculty can monitor the MSWM practices in particular town and come out with specific solution. Therefore objectives of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan could be achieved.