Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

IMPARTING AWARENESS AND TRAINING FOR
BMW MANAGEMENT
Target:
‣ To create awareness among entire medical fraternity
‣ To ensure BMW rules are complied.
‣ To ensure continual efforts being made to protect public health.
‣ To train medical staff, medical students on the health hazards of BMW and their
proper segregation and management
Lead Agency: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), MPCB
Support Agency: Plastic Waste Management sub-division of the ISWM Cell, PMC,
Research Institutions such as National Chemical Laboratory, polymer manufacturers and
users, NGOs’, generators and housing societies.
Location (Suggested): For awareness and promotion of the use of biodegradable
plastics, the Environmental Awareness Centre may be used.
Description: Adequate training can reinforce the knowledge and it will make everyone from
medicinal fraternity to move towards the self compliance to BMW rules laid by MoEF, GoI. A
series of awareness and training programmes should be carried out to cover everyone and sensitise
them on BMW management. Schedules are to be arranged as such that the awareness regarding
the BMW rules, 1998 becomes more intense. Actions to be taken are mentioned below:
1. Programmes on Awareness and Training to be carried out by local municipal body along with
regulatory bodies like Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB), various stakeholders from all Health Care Facilities, related Associations and
General Public. Every year such event can be organized. This will help in sensitizing medical
associations with regulations requirements and facilities in local area for achieving the same.
2. After that each big Hospital could be identified in each ward and similarly it can spread the
awareness and train the medical staff with the help from Medical Associations and Pharmacists
Association. Awareness and Training Programmes could be carried out in every quarter of
respective financial year.
3. While carrying out such programmes, whole staff would be benefited by undergoing such
programmes
4. General public visits HCFs for various purposes i.e. for treatment, to visit their relatives, for
office work, people like security guards, suppliers, mechanics etc. also visit HCFs on
requirement. Their involvement would make them conscious and hence programmes would be
highly effective.
5. Posters, Pictures, Exhibitions can be arranged to have a multiplier effect on the front of
spreading awareness on BMW.
6. At every year end again the local municipal body would organise a programme and can review
the progress and current status of that time. Accordingly new targets could be identified to
make it continual activity.
7. Awareness and training programmes as well as quarterly compliance checks at the common
BMW management facility should be conducted to train staff at the facilities.
8. Awareness campaigns should be conducted to educate students on household BMW and
effective disposal of the same..
AWARENESS AND
PROMOTION
SCHEME 3
PROGRAMME
Links to other ISWM
Pune Schemes:
‣ Conducting Awareness
Programmes for
Business and
Community
‣ Introducing Award
Schemes
‣ Improving Health and
Safety of PMC
workers, Rag-Pickers
and Citizens in
proximity of landfills
‣ PPP in waste collection
system
Benefits
G2 O2
• Better management of
BMW
• Reduction in health
hazards from BMW
Budget: Rs. 1 Million
Timeframe (Estimated): 15 months
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