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Session 3 Disaster Waste Case Studies

Disaster Waste in Emergencies. Session 3 Disaster Waste Case Studies. Case Study: Tsunami, Indonesia. Source: UNEP “Tsunami Waste Management Plan” Workshops 2005. Tsunami Waste Management, Indonesia. Large volumes of tsunami generated wastes

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Session 3 Disaster Waste Case Studies

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  1. Disaster Waste in Emergencies Session 3 Disaster Waste Case Studies

  2. Case Study: Tsunami, Indonesia Source: UNEP “Tsunami Waste Management Plan” Workshops 2005

  3. Tsunami Waste Management, Indonesia • Large volumes of tsunami generated wastes • Government capacity limited (loss of staff and waste vehicles) • All Municipal Solid Waste systems stopped (dumped in street) • Gov. contractors undertook initial clearance to recover bodies and improve access to impacted areas • Majority of tsunami waste dumped in inappropriate areas – fish ponds, rice paddies, ditches, land close to residential areas

  4. Tsunami Waste Projects Mass salvaging of scrap commenced immediately following disaster with little or no Personal Protective Equipment or vaccinations

  5. Tsunami Waste Projects Small-scale NGO/UN sponsored rubble clearing “cash for work” programmes assisted clearance in coastal areas and provided immediate employment

  6. Tsunami Waste Projects • Tsunami Waste Recovery Management Programme (TWRMP): • aimed to provide means to resume garbage collection & complete tsunami waste clearance Timber sorted from the tsunami wastes Concrete & bricks sorted from the tsunami wastes

  7. Tsunami Waste Projects • Implement 2-3 new sanitary landfills across the province • Upgrade existing municipal dumps Burning wastes at KP. Jawa landfill, Banda Aceh

  8. Tsunami Waste Projects Banda AcehInformal recovery

  9. Tsunami Waste Projects Metal Recovery

  10. Tsunami Waste Projects Oxfam Re-Use Centre

  11. Tsunami Waste Projects Banda Aceh,Bricks ready for re-use

  12. Tsunami Waste Projects Banda AcehNew bins for the streets Rebuild capacity/ institutional change in government to ensure the programme is sustainable in the long term

  13. Summary of Experiences from Tsunami • Waste management is a significant environmental & public health issue. • waste management is an important recovery phase issue • Lack of baseline waste data indicates little or no waste assessment • Emergency phase waste clean-up operations can worsen environmental problems and require remedial action • Uncontrolled scavenging and inappropriate clean-up exposes workers to health and safety risks • Waste management advice and projects are not coordinated and often sector specific • The potential value of waste was not realised • Lack of Waste Management skills at national and international level • Global environmental impacts have been ignored

  14. Case Study: Post Conflict Debris Re-Cycling, Kosovo

  15. Post-Conflict Debris Re-Cycling, Kosovo • Following the hostilities: • > 10 million tonnes of rubble • Damage scattered over whole province • Asbestos contamination widespread • Limited resources in Kosovo to perform demolition • Massive reconstruction plans Mobility is Key!

  16. Mobile Demolition

  17. Transfer Depots

  18. Manual Sorting

  19. Feeding the Hopper

  20. Mobile Crushing

  21. Using the Re-Cycled Product

  22. Key Lessons • Appropriate Technology • Mobility is Key • Opportunities for revenue generation • Servicing and maintenance important • Training Training Training • Long term viability of systems • Access to reconstruction crucial

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