Puthur Waste Management-Final

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Waste Management

A New Paradigm


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The strategy

To reassign waste management

From Govt... Corp... Municipalities

To Waste Producers

If not entirely, yet significantly!


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What is Waste?

not needed

of no use of no value

Right?


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Go into nature and look!

Everything in nature is either

reused or recycled!!

Theres nothing called

waste in nature!!!


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We are not apart fromnature!

We must live by naturesrules or well have to pay the

price were already paying

that!So, we really have littlechoice


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Each of us must answerthis question

How do I deal with this so

called WASTE in a way tomake it useful to humans,

animals or plants, or even to

me, perhaps on a later date?


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Dont simply throw out

Waste

But throw out the

Use and Throw

Culture


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New Paradigm Process:

9Account for waste

9Deal with waste

9Mitigate environmental

impact of waste


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That can work only if9There are new laws or drastic

changes to existing laws9There are stringent inspection

standards and monitoringmechanisms9There are strict enforcement

systems and exemplary penalaction for non-compliance


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Accounting for wasteWhen there is no waste accounting

Gaseous waste(Cl+Hg Vapour)

Liquid waste

Semi-solidBrine Sludge

(Mercury-rich)

3000 mm Rainfall

Sea SeaFactory


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Accounting for waste

INPUT

RAW MATERIAL& ENERGY

OUTPUTGOODS OR

SERVICES

CONTAINABLEWASTE

UNCONTAINABLEWASTE


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Accounting for wasteIndustrial/Agricultural/Service

Sectors

ProcessInput Output

Waste


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Input Process Output

Waste

Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on

Characteristics of Inputs

Quantities Handled

Handling Efficiency


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Waste


Process Characteristics

Process Efficiency

Capacity Utilization

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Waste


Characteristics of Outputs

Actual ProductionDefects and Rejects

Handling Efficiency

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Accounting for wasteWaste

Containable Uncontainable

Benign

Toxic

PathogenicEnvironmentally Unsafe

A i f


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Benign

Toxic

PathogenicEnvironmentally Unsafe

A ti f t


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Biological Non-Biological

A ti f t


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Degrading Multiplying

NeutralizationRapid Slow

Accelerate-able EIA/Storage

A ti f t


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Recyclable Non-recyclable

Raw Material In Situ Recycling

Natural Storage Secure Storage

A ti f t


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Quantifying the Waste

Its directly proportional to

productionWaste Auditing

A ti f t


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It must be legally binding on all

institutions to account for thewaste they generate

They must annually prepare a

waste audit report on the samelines as

Financial Auditing

D lin ith st


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Dealing with waste

Then the institutions must alsodeclare how they have dealt with

their wasteIn that, they must adhere to the

appropriate guidelines stipulated foreach item of the waste or pay up

stiff fines

To mitigate environmental effectsdue to improper dealing with waste.

Dealin with waste


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Dealing with waste

Heres the principle

Waste Producer mustrecycle the waste or

ensure waste reaches

the recycler

Dealing with waste


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Dealing with waste

What about the households

Same principle holds, but with someinfrastructure/organisational

support

Dealing with waste


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Dealing with waste

Dealing with waste


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Dealing with waste

SEWERAGE LINE (TO GASIFIER)

WASTE WATER LINE (TO TREATMENT PLANT)

NON-BIODEGRADABLE (TOWASTE DEALER/RECYCLING)

SOLID WASTE

NO HURRY!SEGREGATE ACCUMULATE SEND

BIODEGRADABLE (TOCOMPOST/GASIFIER)

Mitigating environmental


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impact of waste



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impact of waste

Sometimes mitigation may not

be possible

So, just stop using items that

are environmentally unsafe



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impact of wasteExample: Ending

use of CFC

a decade later

The hole in OzoneLayer has begun

closing!

Its our duty to clear up the


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It s our duty to clear up the

waste we generateNo more waste-dumps as

legacy for future generations

We must clean up and now!

Where do we begin?


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Where do we begin?

By taking a serious look

at our consumption

Consumption & waste

generation go hand in hand!

Unfortunately modern economies


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Unfortunately modern economies

thrive on consumption

Advertisements drive consumption

luring us into unwarranted

consumption

turning even undesirable wants intoinescapable needs

Most of us behave like


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Most of us behave like

Pavlovs Dogs

does that ring a bell?

Consume by all means


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Consume by all means

but modestly as needed

and pay for that fully too

which shall include cost ofmanaging any waste so

generated!

Drive your cars by all means


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Drive your cars by all means

But pay up forcreating/sustainingcarbon sinks

that can soak up CO2

your carproduces as you drive!

Of course it wont be cheap


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Of course, it won t be cheap

But then, we can ill-afford to

live cheaply or free now

and make the cominggenerations pay for it!

Thats neither morally norethically correct!!!

Once more the key question


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Once more the key question

How do I deal with this so

called WASTE in a way tomake it useful to others

humans, animals or plants, or

even to me, perhaps on a laterdate?

Thats the key to waste management!


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