puthur waste management-final
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Waste Management
A New Paradigm
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The strategy
To reassign waste management
From Govt... Corp... Municipalities
To Waste Producers
If not entirely, yet significantly!
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What is Waste?
not needed
of no use of no value
Right?
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Go into nature and look!
Everything in nature is either
reused or recycled!!
Theres nothing called
waste in nature!!!
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We are not apart fromnature!
We must live by naturesrules or well have to pay the
price were already paying
that!So, we really have littlechoice
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Each of us must answerthis question
How do I deal with this so
called WASTE in a way tomake it useful to humans,
animals or plants, or even to
me, perhaps on a later date?
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Dont simply throw out
Waste
But throw out the
Use and Throw
Culture
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New Paradigm Process:
9Account for waste
9Deal with waste
9Mitigate environmental
impact of waste
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That can work only if9There are new laws or drastic
changes to existing laws9There are stringent inspection
standards and monitoringmechanisms9There are strict enforcement
systems and exemplary penalaction for non-compliance
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Accounting for wasteWhen there is no waste accounting
Gaseous waste(Cl+Hg Vapour)
Liquid waste
Semi-solidBrine Sludge
(Mercury-rich)
3000 mm Rainfall
Sea SeaFactory
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Accounting for waste
INPUT
RAW MATERIAL& ENERGY
OUTPUTGOODS OR
SERVICES
CONTAINABLEWASTE
UNCONTAINABLEWASTE
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Accounting for wasteIndustrial/Agricultural/Service
Sectors
ProcessInput Output
Waste
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Accounting for waste
Input Process Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on
Characteristics of Inputs
Quantities Handled
Handling Efficiency
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Accounting for waste
Input Process Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on
Process Characteristics
Process Efficiency
Capacity Utilization
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Accounting for waste
Input Process Output
Waste
Characteristics and Quantity of Waste Depends on
Characteristics of Outputs
Actual ProductionDefects and Rejects
Handling Efficiency
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Accounting for wasteWaste
Containable Uncontainable
Benign
Toxic
PathogenicEnvironmentally Unsafe
A i f
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Accounting for wasteWaste
Containable Uncontainable
Benign
Toxic
PathogenicEnvironmentally Unsafe
A ti f t
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Accounting for wasteWaste
Containable Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
A ti f t
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Accounting for wasteWaste
Containable Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
Degrading Multiplying
NeutralizationRapid Slow
Accelerate-able EIA/Storage
A ti f t
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Accounting for wasteWaste
Containable Uncontainable
Biological Non-Biological
Recyclable Non-recyclable
Raw Material In Situ Recycling
Natural Storage Secure Storage
A ti f t
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Accounting for waste
Quantifying the Waste
Its directly proportional to
productionWaste Auditing
A ti f t
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Accounting for waste
It must be legally binding on all
institutions to account for thewaste they generate
They must annually prepare a
waste audit report on the samelines as
Financial Auditing
D lin ith st
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Dealing with waste
Then the institutions must alsodeclare how they have dealt with
their wasteIn that, they must adhere to the
appropriate guidelines stipulated foreach item of the waste or pay up
stiff fines
To mitigate environmental effectsdue to improper dealing with waste.
Dealin with waste
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Dealing with waste
Heres the principle
Waste Producer mustrecycle the waste or
ensure waste reaches
the recycler
Dealing with waste
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Dealing with waste
What about the households
Same principle holds, but with someinfrastructure/organisational
support
Dealing with waste
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Dealing with waste
Dealing with waste
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Dealing with waste
SEWERAGE LINE (TO GASIFIER)
WASTE WATER LINE (TO TREATMENT PLANT)
NON-BIODEGRADABLE (TOWASTE DEALER/RECYCLING)
SOLID WASTE
NO HURRY!SEGREGATE ACCUMULATE SEND
BIODEGRADABLE (TOCOMPOST/GASIFIER)
Mitigating environmental
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Mitigating environmental
impact of waste
Mitigating environmental
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Mitigating environmental
impact of waste
Sometimes mitigation may not
be possible
So, just stop using items that
are environmentally unsafe
Mitigating environmental
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Mitigating environmental
impact of wasteExample: Ending
use of CFC
a decade later
The hole in OzoneLayer has begun
closing!
Its our duty to clear up the
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It s our duty to clear up the
waste we generateNo more waste-dumps as
legacy for future generations
We must clean up and now!
Where do we begin?
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Where do we begin?
By taking a serious look
at our consumption
Consumption & waste
generation go hand in hand!
Unfortunately modern economies
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Unfortunately modern economies
thrive on consumption
Advertisements drive consumption
luring us into unwarranted
consumption
turning even undesirable wants intoinescapable needs
Most of us behave like
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Most of us behave like
Pavlovs Dogs
does that ring a bell?
Consume by all means
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Consume by all means
but modestly as needed
and pay for that fully too
which shall include cost ofmanaging any waste so
generated!
Drive your cars by all means
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Drive your cars by all means
But pay up forcreating/sustainingcarbon sinks
that can soak up CO2
your carproduces as you drive!
Of course it wont be cheap
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Of course, it won t be cheap
But then, we can ill-afford to
live cheaply or free now
and make the cominggenerations pay for it!
Thats neither morally norethically correct!!!
Once more the key question
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Once more the key question
How do I deal with this so
called WASTE in a way tomake it useful to others
humans, animals or plants, or
even to me, perhaps on a laterdate?
Thats the key to waste management!
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