How we work

1. Howwe work The convergence model Providing Technical Support for the empowerment of Marginalised Groups Government Org & Institutions Corporates and Funding Agencies Communities a Technical Support Organisation| estd 1995

2. What we do Advocacy & Research Child Education Technical Support Solid Waste Management Women Rights & Empowerment Organisational Development & Capacity Building a Technical Support Organisation| estd 1995

3. Our Partners World Day Prayers CDMA Industrial Area Local Authority (IALA) DRDA Indira Kranthi Patham

4. Community DrivenMSWM Interventionsin Industrial Area Cherlapally

5. Industrial ParkCherlapalli Extent of area 1200 acres No.of Industries 880 Current Population 2000 Commercial establishments 300

6. Earlier Situationin Cherlapalli (Aug 2010) • 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 Total directexpenditure to GHMC (On collection & Processing of Industrial Waste)

7. Objectives 1. 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 2. 3.

8. CommunityDriven Model Technical Partner Operations Partner MSWM In Cherlapally Supporting Partner

9. CommunityCooperative Model Women of 12 facilitated as a Cooperative Society “Waste Managers and Processors” A Registered Women Co-Operative Society Income Generation and Member Welfare

10. The TripartitePartnership Door to Door Collection Secondary level Segregation Resource Recovery Processing of waste comply with MSWM Rules Support to the Workers for wages Provision of Land and Infra & equipment Quality Review Capacity Building to Prakruthi and IALA Technical Support IEC Promotion and Strengthening of Prakruthi Mobilisation of Financial Resources Coordination with Stakeholders

11. KeyFeatures Community owned-up Grater and equal responsibility Fixed Schedules and Self managed Quality control Regular Collection log details Monitoring support by SRACO Stakeholder engagement IEC Campaigns in regular intervals Periodical Meetings Revenue Generation Dry Waste Recyclables Marketing of Compost

12. GroundInitiatives • 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

13. TheOperations 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

14. TheOperations D2D Collection D2D Collection Processing Area Transport of Waste

15. Overview Of MSWM

16. Compositionof total garbage 12 Tons of garbage per day 7.2 MT - Wet garbage 10% 3.6 MT - Dry waste recyclables 30% 1.2 MT - Silt and Inert 60% 1 MT – Horticulture Waste (from road sides sweeping to be focused)

17. Compositionof Dry Waste (Recyclables)

18. OverallProcess Processing / Recycling (Inorganic) 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

19. Compostingof 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

20. Quality of Compost Tested and Certified by Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University Hyderabad

21. RevenueGeneration Dry Waste Recyclables (avg. per Month) Rs 40,000 Sale of Compost (avg. per Month) Rs 30,000

22. 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

23. The Drivers of the model Community Ownership Behavioral Change Enabling Environment Self Managed & Quality

24. 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

25. 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

26. for more information please contact Dr Suneetha Prasad +91-92462 26440 SRACO Sreenivas +91-92462 26446 email: sracoorg@yahoo.com Society for Rural Awakening and Community Organization Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh