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
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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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