How we work The convergence model Government Org & Institutions Communities Corporates and Funding Agencies Providing Technical Support for the empowerment of Marginalised Groups a Technical Support Organisation | estd 1995

What we do Child Education Solid Waste Management Women Rights & Empowerment Organisational Development & Capacity Building Advocacy & Research Technical Support a Technical Support Organisation | estd 1995

Our Partners Industrial Area Local Authority (IALA) World Day Prayers Indira Kranthi Patham DRDA CDMA

Community Driven MSWM Interventions in Industrial Area Cherlapally

Industrial Park Cherlapalli Extent of area 1200 acres No.of Industries 880 Current Population 2000 Commercial establishments 300

Earlier Situation in Cherlapalli (Aug 2010) Total direct expenditure to GHMC (On collection & Processing of Industrial Waste) Deposit of garbage in dumper bins (from industrial units and commercial establishments) Illegal dumping of industrial garbage on the road sides Indiscriminate release of hazardous industrial liquids in to the local drains Deposit of horticulture waste on roads sides in huge bulks and burning Release commercial effluents and waste water onto the roads

Objectives Transformation of Cherlapally Industrial Area as a Zero Garbage and Dustbin Free Zone Effective implementation of Supreme Court Guidelines 2000 on MSWM with a sustainable mechanism Management of MSWM in Industrial Area by Resource Recovery and 100% Wet Waste Processing

Community Driven Model MSWM In Cherlapally Technical Partner Supporting Partner Operations Partner

Community Cooperative Model Women of 12 facilitated as a Cooperative Society “Waste Managers and Processors” Income Generation and Member Welfare A Registered Women Co-Operative Society

The Tripartite Partnership Support to the Workers for wages Provision of Land and Infra & equipment Quality Review Door to Door Collection Secondary level Segregation Resource Recovery Processing of waste comply with MSWM Rules Capacity Building to Prakruthi and IALA Technical Support IEC Promotion and Strengthening of Prakruthi Mobilisation of Financial Resources Coordination with Stakeholders

Key Features Community owned-up Grater and equal responsibility Fixed Schedules and Self managed Quality control Regular Collection log details Monitoring support by SRACO Stakeholder engagement IEC Campaigns in regular intervals Periodical Meetings Revenue Generation Dry Waste Recyclables Marketing of Compost

Ground Initiatives Mobilisation of Women and Capacity Building as Prakruthi Cooperatives Capacity Building on Institutional aspects (leadership, documentation, coordination etc.) Training on Supreme Court guidelines on MSWM to Prakruthi and IALA Capacity building on Waste Processing aspects to Prakruthi Two phase orientation on Waste Management and Source Segregation to Class IV employees of each industry Door to door awareness by Prakruthi (as a follow-up) Mass Communication Campaign in Industrial Area by industrialists, commercial establishment owners and general public Conduct of meeting with Industries management and passing of resolution in favour of Zero Garbage and Dustbin Free activities

The Operations Daily assembly Door to door collection (as per the route map) Source Segregation Marking in the Log Book Submission of log details to Technical Partner Secondary Segregation on Transport Vehicle Transport of waste to processing area Storage of Recyclables in storage bank Processing of wet waste in Aerobic pile system Record Maintenance

The Operations D2D Collection Processing Area Transport of Waste

Overview Of MSWM

Composition of total garbage 60% 30% 10% 12 Tons of garbage per day 7.2 MT - Wet garbage 3.6 MT - Dry waste recyclables 1.2 MT - Silt and Inert 1 MT – Horticulture Waste (from road sides sweeping to be focused)

Composition of Dry Waste (Recyclables)

Overall Process Collection of segregated Waste (Door to Door) Transportation of Segregated Waste to Processing Unit Processing of Organic Waste into Aerobic Compost Processing of Organic Waste into Liquid Fertilizer Processing / Recycling (Inorganic)

Composting of Wet Waste Around 7.2 Tons of Wet Waste Daily (consisting roughly 0.5 MT non de- gradable) Formation of layers in 6 ft (L) x 5 ft (W) x 5 ft (H) Maintenance of moisture levels from 40 to 60 percent Turnings and aerations once in a month to regulate the temperature and fermentation process

Quality of Compost N (%)P (%)K (%) Prakruthi’s Compost Pulp out of Liquid Fertilizer Tested and Certified by Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University Hyderabad

Revenue Generation Dry Waste Recyclables (avg. per Month) Rs 40,000 Sale of Compost (avg. per Month) Rs 30,000

Sustainability Factors Minimum Wages (Rs 6700 / pm) with ESI and EPF Provision Additional Revenues from compost and dry recyclables Savings in Society for family welfare Revival of the members Children education

The Drivers of the model Community Ownership Behavioral Change Enabling Environment Self Managed & Quality

The Impact in Cherlapally Scheduled Municipal Solid Waste Collection Zero Dustbin in the streets 100% of Wet Waste into Compost Recovery of Dry Waste Streams for recycling High degree of environmental consciousness in Cherlapally industries Appointment of Class IV employees in industries Segregation of Dry Waste at source level (reduction of quantity) No Waste burning Implementation of Supreme Court Guidelines

Current Challenges / Areas for improvement Ineffective Source Segregation due to less retention of Class 4 staff in the industries Lack of infrastructure facilities affecting quality of waste process

Society for Rural Awakening and Community Organization Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Dr Suneetha Prasad SRACO Sreenivas for more information please contact