2. Nancy Sahay Viswashree Ajay Dahiya Ravindra Singh
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government of India
WASTE EXCHANGE
Garbage to Gold
Nancy Sahay Viswashree
Ajay Dahiya Ravindra Singh

3. WASTE MANAGEMENT - ISSUES Littering and Open Dumping
Waste collection and segregation
Waste Transportation
Waste Disposal
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

4. PROJECTIONS ON WASTE GENERATION IN INDIA
1400 km2
300 MT
60 MT
300 km2
MSW generated Landfill requirement
Data Source: TERI
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

5. LINEAR ECONOMY vs CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

6. WASTE EXCHANGE Problem Description Waste Exchange Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

7. GOALS OF WASTE EXCHANGE
full economic potential of waste
Knowledge sharing
health and environment
300 tonnes
7 kwh
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

8. PROCESS FLOW CHART Waste User Waste Generator Exchange Portal
Lists Items for Auction
Check Eligibility
Exchange Portal
Yes
Register for Bid
Winner Pays to Exchange
Completion of Auction
Transportation from Buyer to Seller
Both parties satisfied by Transaction
Yes No
Payment made by Exchange to Seller
Exchange helps settle Grievances
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

9. Adherence to Standard Rules
ROLE OF EXCHANGE
Secure Transactions
Adherence to Standard Rules
Price Discovery
Storage Facilities
Knowledge Sharing
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

10. VALUE ADDITION TO STAKE HOLDERS
Waste Generators
Revenue Generation
Lower waste disposal costs
Green image
Waste Users
Low cost raw materials
Information exchange
Gov / Local Body
Streamlining of waste management
Strengthened local bodies
Society
Reduced Resource wastage ,Carbon emissions
Social Clashes
Ragpickers
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

11. IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM
The Exchange would be set up under the aegis of MoEFCC
REVENUE MODEL
Transaction Fees
Based on fixed percentage of transaction value
Storage Fees
Facility available on request in trading terminals
Listing Fees
For registered users
To be kept low to encourage participation
Security Deposit
Initial guarantee amount from all registered users
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

12. MOBILE APP PAYMENT MODEL
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

13. CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS - I
Capacity Building
Lack of awareness
Technical & Legal Trainings, Grievance redressal
Economic Issues
Fair Price Discovery
Auction model, fraud detection
Operational Issues
smooth transactions , Institutional arrangements
Network linking and Industrial Ecology
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

14. CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS - II
Matching Mechanism
Demand Supply Mismatch
GIS mapping of sites
Regulatory Barriers
Certain wastes subject to strong regulations
Single Window Operations, simple procedures
Local Bodies
Fund /resource constraints
Strengthening local bodies
Sustainability
Financial Profitability
Build cost effective/profitable model for all
Problem Description
Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

15. THE CONVERGENCE MODEL Problem Description Waste Exchange
Process Description
Benefits
Implementation
Challenges

16. when you can CASH it ” “ Waste is nothing but the resources
we are not harvesting.
We allow them to disperse because
we’ve been ignorant of their value.”
“Why to TRASH it …
when you can CASH it ”