City of Delhi's zero waste initiative Presented by Sahil sahajpal

Presentation outline What is Zero Waste ? Aims/Objectives Key Messages Target Audience Zero Waste Projects Recommendations

What is zero waste management City of Delhi’s ‘flagship’ waste campaign That aims to: “Reduce the amount of waste That goes to landfill, Promote waste avoidance Reuse & Recycling”

Zero waste is a public campaign for Delhi Low waste community by 2018 Rules (Policy) Infrastructure Services Communication Education Economic Regulation Waste Management Strategy

Key Messages Aim to reduce waste and recover more resources by 3% annually for next 3 years Waste is valuable resource Waste has an impact on climate change and water

Aims/objective To see a reduction in the amount of waste (in tonnes) sent to landfill (target is 65% resource recovery rate by 2018) Encourage people to avoid waste, and to reuse and recycle more Awareness of environment waste issues and behavior change on those issues

Target audience . Residents . Offices . Restaurants . Hotels . Temples Main Target Audience = Indra Park Extn. Resident Priority Groups . Residents . Offices . Restaurants . Hotels . Temples

Waste behavior of target audience Strong's Moderates Limited's Avoid & Reuse Recycle & Recover Disposal

Zero waste projects 2 Bins will be giving to the Resident 1. Red Bin (Inorganic) 2. Green Bin (Organic) Public Announcement to Residents E waste recycling Hard waste storage program Educating Resident on organic and inorganic waste

Overall campaign effectiveness Overall campaign success is measured in week tonnages of waste diverted from landfill Current rate of resource recovery rate in Delhi is 33% (target is 67% for 2018) Increase in Kg recycling is also measured to gauge effectiveness

Recommendations

Special thanks To C Srinivasan, Vellore Zero Waste Program “Waste is not waste until it is Wasted”

By – Sahil Sahajpal Phone no. – 9560013255 Email Id – inboxsahil.sahajpal@gmail.com