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Strategic Action Plan Report
Figure 1.1: Integrated Solid Waste Management Concept
The ISWM concept has been adapted with the view that effective management schemes need the
flexibility of design, adaptation, and systems in ways which best meet current social, economic, and
environmental conditions. These are likely to change over time and vary by location. The need for
consistency in quality and quantity of recycled and recovered materials (compost, energy), the need to
support a range of disposal options, and the benefit of economies of scale, suggest that the ISWM
systems should be organized on a large-scale. The schemes put to operation must be market-orientated.
1.4 Experience of ISWM around the World and India
Several plans for integrated waste management initiatives have been taken up around the world. A few of
them are listed below highlighting the process of ISWM adapted.
• The Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) for Cape Town was developed focusing on
municipal waste, including hazardous waste. The main objectives of IWMP included
1. Develop strategies to address methods of waste management in order to achieve compliance with
the requirements of waste management hierarchy
2. Increase the waste minimization by promoting prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling of
waste
3. Draft solid waste by-laws for enforcements
4. Adopting strategies for optimization of landfill site and steadily reduce the amount of waste
going to landfill
ISWM Plan for Pune 4