The untold story of Waste Treatment Plants

  • Author(s): Hina Zia and Priyanka Kochhar
  • Size: 140 mm × 220 mm
  • Pages: 50
  • ISBN: 9789394657564
  • Cover Price:

    Rs.1.00 / US $1.00

Book Details

Who is the ‘killer’ and who is the ‘saviour’?

Given the burgeoning quantities of waste generated in cities, thanks to the unsustainable urban lifestyles, waste treatment plants are unavoidable. But the land available for landfills and waste treatment plants is scarce, especially within or close to urban centres.

A high-technology waste treatment plant is an excellent solution for tackling the growing mountains of waste. However, when we start burning unsegregated waste –read plastic – in these plants, the ‘solution’ creates another problem.

The Untold Story of Waste Treatment Plants speaks in an uncomplicated way of hopes, accomplishments of some successful waste treatment plants, the frustrations of those living close to them, and the ignorance of those living far away, oblivious of the appalling air quality due to burning all kinds of waste.

What then is the solution? Working on yet another technological miracle to happen or acknowledging the bigger culprits, namely consumptionintensive lifestyles, the omnipresent plastics of all kinds, and failure to segregate wastes at source? It is the citizens who first need to understand how we are getting impacted, to realize the health implications of those impacts, and to accept that we need to change our ways. But what can we change and what should we change? What potential role can the state, the civil society, and individual citizens play? You will find the answers within the pages of this book.

Target Audience

    Urban planners, environmental researchers, policymakers, municipal authorities, waste management professionals, public health experts, civil society organizations, students, and citizens interested in urban sustainability and solid waste management.

Table of Contents

    Foreword

    Cities and solid waste

    Evolution of municipal waste generation in urbanized societies

    Do we understand our city waste?

    How much waste our cities collect, process, and discard

    Segregation at source

    The road less travelled: success stories

    Alappuzha

    Navjivan Vihar, a zero-waste colony in south Delhi

    Centralized waste treatment plants

    Delhi, a city of contradictions

    The case of Okhla in south Delhi

    Science on likely impacts of waste-to-energy plants

    Air quality and impacts on respiratory health

    Occupational health and safety hazards

    Impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity

    Reactions of local residents to waste-to-energy plants

    Case of the waste-to-energy plant in Okhla, New Delhi

    Haji Colony

    Sukhdev Vihar

    Jasola Village

    Problems common to all communities

    The way forward

    Integrated waste management planning and implementation

    Segregation infrastructure and enforcement

    Environmental monitoring and public disclosure

    Siting standards and community consent

    Role of urban local bodies and city management

    Role of citizens and community advocates

    A critical reflection

    References

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