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Waste Situation in Bhuj

Presentation Outline

� Waste generation situation in Bhuj

� Waste management � Waste management system in Bhuj

Garbage Study Methodology

� Conducted in 15 sakhi areas (200 properties/area)

� 3000 properties’ waste was analyzed

� Waste was segregated and weighed to understand the amount and type of waste generated

� Weight was used to evaluate the quantity of waste produced

Percent of Waste Types Generated(3000 properties)

Plastic Packaging

4%

Cardboard5% Cloth

4%

Glass + Crockery

4%

Other Recyclables

2%

Metallic Wrappers

0%

Leftover Junk

Waste1%

Vegetable & Garden Waste67%

Paper8%

Plastic Carry Bags (< 20µ)

2%

Plastic Recyclables

3%

4%

Average Household Waste Generation(Grams)

Plastic Packaging, 15

Cardboard, 17

Cloth, 12

Glass + Crockery, 12

Other Recyclables,

7

Metallic Wrappers, 2

Leftover Junk

Waste, 4

Vegetable & Garden

Waste, 229

Paper, 25Plastic Carry

Bags (< 20µ), 6

Plastic Recyclables,

9

Packaging, 15

Waste Generation by Area(Kilograms)

60

80

100

120

Leftover Junk Waste

Metallic Wrappers

Other Recyclables

Glass + Crockery

Cloth

Kil

og

ram

s

0

20

40

Cloth

Cardboard

Plastic Packaging

Plastic Recyclables

Plastic Carry Bags (< 20µ)

Paper

Vegetable & Garden Waste

Kil

og

ram

s

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Leftover Junk Waste

Metallic Wrappers

Other Recyclables

Glass + Crockery

Cloth

Waste Proportions by Area

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%Cloth

Cardboard

Plastic Packaging

Plastic Recyclables

Plastic Carry Bags (< 20µ)

Paper

Vegetable & Garden Waste

•Kaistha Sheri – Lowest portion of wet waste generated coincides with blue bin•Dheba Faliya & Sharaff Bazaar – Commercial areas have more paper proportionally

Managing Waste

� Only 2%of the waste produced does not have an alternative to the dumping site, so we have the opportunity to reduce our environmental impact

Health and hygiene will be

Bhangarwala27%

Non-recyclables

2%

Waste Composition

� Health and hygiene will be improved—less flies, cows, cow dung, waste cluttering streets, burnt waste releasing toxins into the air

� Income generating jobs can be created while also improving our environment

Cloth3%

Wet Waste68%

Waste Projections in Bhuj

880 kg collected from 2600 households

0.34 kg on average per

household per day

5561 tonnesof waste

produced per year

Assuming 45,000 propertiesyear

596 kg wet waste collected

from 2600 households

0.23 kg on average per

household per day

3767 tonnesof wet waste produced per

year

Assuming 45,000 properties

Assuming 45,000 properties

Alternative Options for Wet Waste

� Composting

� Blue Bin Program

(Community-cattle owner partnership)

� Kundis

� Benefits� Managing kitchen waste in clean way� Healthy and hygienic� Keeping animals out� Diverting waste from containers

Recyclable Waste

Waste Collected Through Sakhi

All plastics, glass, metal items, paper, cardboard, & other

recyclables

4.1 tonnes per day

Plastic Situation

1.4 tonnesper day

8149 barrels of oil

0.11 lakhs m³ of

If we recycled our plastic, we would save…

500 tonnesper year

0.11 lakhs m³ of

landfill space

28.9 lakhskilowatt hours

of energy

Source: Stanford Recycling Center

Plastic Bag Situation

291 kg of plastic carry bags per day

*Assuming conservative estimate of 350 bags per kg

Alternative Options: Reducing & Recycling

●Animals die from eating plastic or being suffocated by it, over 1 million sea birds & marine mammals per year

●Toxins are released into the air when plastic is burned

Alternative Options: Reusing Plastic / Making New Products / Alternative Materials

Paper Situation

1.1 tonne per day

407.7 tonnes

1.08 crorelitres of

water saved

1.11 lakhs kg of air

pollution

If we recycled our paper, we

407.7 tonnesper year

6931 trees per year

Assuming 17 trees used per tonne of paper

pollution

0.94 lakh m³

landfill space

16.3 lakhskillowatt-hours

of energy

our paper, we would save…

Source: Children of the Earth

Cloth Situation

0.55 tonnesper day

20,000 litres of water are saved

per 1 kg of cottonIf we recycled our cloth…

199 tonnesper year

Large amounts of

oil, energy, and pollutants are

saved

our cloth…

Source: Environmental Health Perspectives

Glass Situation

0.55 tonnesper day

33.3 tonnes of carbon

reducedIf we recycled our glass…

200 tonnesper year

240 tonnesraw materials

saved

our glass…

Source: Trailspace

Other Recyclables & Foil / Metallic Wrappers Situation

315 kg per day 115 tonnes per year

Other Recyclables (including Metal):

89.7 kg per day 32.7 tonnes per year

NON-RECYCLABLEFoil / Metallic Wrappers:

Street Waste Management Chain

TractorDumping

Site

SafaiKamdans

Dumpster

Burned

Household Waste Management Chain

Sakhi

Dumpster Dumping Site

Open Plot

Household Waste Burned

Open Plot

Cows / Dogs

Recyclable Waste Management Chain

Ragpicker / Recycled Goods Collector

Bhangarwala (~10 wholesalers)

Glass Mill

(All types of glass)

Plastic Mill

(All types of plastic)

Plastic Product Manufacturer

KansaraBazaar

(Metals)

Paper Mill

(Paper &

Cardboard)

Vegetable (Commercial) Waste Management Chain

TractorStreet /

Dumpster

Vegetable

Dumping Site

Vegetable Markets, H

otels, & Restaurants

Cows

Cattle Owner