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Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan

Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan. Suryaprakash Kompalli AID-Bangalore. Site 1 Rhusa Hospital. 8-10 women employed Every student is contributing 50 ps/day which turns to a huge amount of Rs.30, 000/month Waste segregated into 17 coarse categories, and then into 132 items

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Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan

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  1. Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan Suryaprakash Kompalli AID-Bangalore

  2. Site 1 Rhusa Hospital • 8-10 women employed • Every student is contributing 50 ps/day which turns to a huge amount of Rs.30, 000/month • Waste segregated into 17 coarse categories, and then into 132 items • Compost creation: Vermi-compost fluid sold at Rs.2 per packet (What is cost of packet?) • Video

  3. Site 2 National environment management training & research centre • 4.5 acres land with a long lease • Sponsored by Ford, Delhi • Portable meeting room that can support upto 100 people • Cost: Rs.96/sq.ft

  4. Site 3: Vellore Institute of Technology • Employs 36 people • Rs.1 lakh+ is got by selling the segregated wastes. Money will be utilized within the employed unit for salaries and excess is used for upgrading tools. Year end, nearly Rs. 4 lakhs+ is got per month!! • Vegetable and food wastes from the hostel and canteen acts as a food to the herd of campus cattle • 8 tonnes of waste per day accounting to close to 250 tonnes of waste in a month

  5. Site 4: Vellore bus stand • Sealed for 18 years without maintenance • Collector declared it as “Bus stand”; 35 appointed initially • zero waste managed initiated and 118 women employed • Cattle shed and small yard with ducks to process garbage: Ducks video; Cattle shed video • Rain water harvesting system • Income: Rs 4.5 lakhs/month. • Discontinued after transferring to municipality

  6. Site 6: CMC Hospital • 8 tonnes of garbage/day • 250 employees in 17 groups working full time in a self-sustained environment

  7. Additional questions • What is the population of Vellore? • How many homes do we cover? • Cost of living • What is the net profit generated from recycling waste? • Site 1 CMC: Rs.30, 000/month is this sufficient, or is additional funding needed? • Site 3 VIT: 1 lakh/month • Site 4: Mentions 4.5 lakh/month, in 39 months Rs.1.37 crores

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