Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan Suryaprakash Kompalli AID-Bangalore

Site 1 Rhusa Hospital 8-10 women employed Every student is contributing 50 ps/day which turns to a huge amount of Rs.30, 000/month Waste segregated into 17 coarse categories, and then into 132 items Compost creation: Vermi-compost fluid sold at Rs.2 per packet (What is cost of packet?) Video

Site 2 National environment management training & research centre 4.5 acres land with a long lease Sponsored by Ford, Delhi Portable meeting room that can support upto 100 people Cost: Rs.96/sq.ft

Site 3: Vellore Institute of Technology Employs 36 people Rs.1 lakh+ is got by selling the segregated wastes. Money will be utilized within the employed unit for salaries and excess is used for upgrading tools. Year end, nearly Rs. 4 lakhs+ is got per month!! Vegetable and food wastes from the hostel and canteen acts as a food to the herd of campus cattle 8 tonnes of waste per day accounting to close to 250 tonnes of waste in a month

Site 4: Vellore bus stand Sealed for 18 years without maintenance Collector declared it as “Bus stand”; 35 appointed initially zero waste managed initiated and 118 women employed Cattle shed and small yard with ducks to process garbage: Ducks video; Cattle shed video Rain water harvesting system Income: Rs 4.5 lakhs/month. Discontinued after transferring to municipality

Site 6: CMC Hospital 8 tonnes of garbage/day 250 employees in 17 groups working full time in a self-sustained environment

Additional questions What is the population of Vellore? How many homes do we cover? Cost of living What is the net profit generated from recycling waste? Site 1 CMC: Rs.30, 000/month is this sufficient, or is additional funding needed? Site 3 VIT: 1 lakh/month Site 4: Mentions 4.5 lakh/month, in 39 months Rs.1.37 crores