How we workThe 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

Tech

nica

l Sup

port

a Technical Support Organisation | estd 1995

Our Partners

Industrial AreaLocal Authority (IALA)

World Day Prayers

Indira Kranthi PathamDRDA

CDMA

Community Driven

MSWM Interventions

in Industrial Area Cherlapally

Industrial Park Cherlapalli

Extent of area1200 acres

No.of Industries880

Current Population 2000

Commercial establishments300

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

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2.

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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 WelfareA 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 controlRegular 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 D2D Collection Processing Area

Transport of Waste

Overview Of MSWM

Composition of total garbage

Dry Wet Inert

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 1.15 0.30 0.77

Pulp out of Liquid Fertilizer 0.39 0.15 0.51

Tested and Certified byAcharya 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

BehavioralChange

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 OrganizationHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Dr Suneetha Prasad+91-92462 26440

SRACO Sreenivas+91-92462 26446

email: sracoorg@yahoo.com

for more information please contact