Smarter Solid Waste Management
02:00 PM, 7th November, 2013
Presented by: Venugopal Agarwal, Syed Hamdan Hussain, Deblina Pandit, Mridul Jain, Akansha Singh, Shubhi Aggarwal
Advisor: Mridha Chidambara
Advisor: Mridha Chidambara
According to the National Capital
Region Planning Board (NCRPB), the capital is now faced with the enviable task
of finding as much as 28 sq. km of landfill space to meet its needs till the
year 2021, and another 100 sq. km by 2050.In the present scenario, the waste
management process is scattered over the informal and formal sectors, being a
source of livelihood for certain sectors of the society, a responsibility for
some and a nuisance to others, while being environmentally degrading and
exploitative to a great extent. Recent policy changes and efforts leave much to
desire in increasing the effectiveness of the system and bringing the informal
sector in the realm of the overall framework.
This seminar aims at understanding the contribution of government, private organisations, informal sectors and citizens and their respective roles in the waste management process keeping in mind on all the other factors in an urban scenario, future needs and the environment. A “smart” system in Delhi’s context would be equitable in terms of labour, socio-economic viability, environmental sustainability and judicious application of technology. Further, it would look at embedding the principles of the 3Rs, i.e. reduce, reuse and recycle in a more pro-active manner. |