Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

Strategic Action Plan Report
Analysis is an assessment of the overall scenario in terms of the existing generation and management of
various waste streams as well as the internal capacities of the organizations managing it. The Situation
Analysis Report thus, paves the way for the Strategic Action Planning.
PMC’s response to the problem of Solid Waste Management has been both reactive and proactive at
various levels in order to synchronize and effectively handle various waste streams. The external pressures
of increasing population, the changes in the waste sectors and the inadequacy of the present treatment/
disposal technologies on PMC increased but the internal strengthening did not happen to absorb the
upcoming pressures. Pollution control and environmental protection is thus a joint activity driven by
market forces, community and the regulatory body. The Strategic Planning process should therefore
reflect such multi-participatory model of governance. Regulator’s role is no longer confined to
enforcement and monitoring but seeks leverage by partnering with the communities and aligning with
markets.
All the waste management rules and regulations address specific wastes separately and their
implementation is with the State Pollution Control Boards. However, the stakeholders are multiple with
common linkages and therefore there needs to be a change in the usual style of functioning in order to
have a consistent structure and method for addressing Solid Waste Management challenges. Strategic
Action Planning is deemed to be just one such method.
Strategic Action plan for Pune includes the use of several tools such as the 3R, SAT and CDM for
selecting appropriate technologies and processes for integrated solid waste management in Pune.
1.8 Organisation of the Report
The following chapters of this report are as follows:
Chapter 2 presents an overview of the existing legal and policy frame-work with special reference to
Solid Waste Management. Chapter 3 in this report talks about the situation analysis which is the first step
in Strategic Action Planning. Situation analysis is carried out for internal and external scenarios. Chapter
4 explains how the participatory workshops shaped the action plan and the vision, mission, goals and
objectives were derived. A comparative analysis of different waste streams on the basis of key indicating
parameters such as area and cost have been presented in Chapter 5. This chapter attempts to compare
and analyse various waste treatment processes on the basis of “Sustainable Assessment of Technology
(SAT)” methodology developed by UNEP-IETC.To respond to gaps and set Objectives, a number of
Schemes were identified and have been explained in Chapter 6. Thirty-one Schemes have been
developed broadly under five different themes, namely, Assessment and Development, 3R
Initiatives, Infrastructure Development, Awareness and Promotion and Capacity
Building and Partnerships. Chapter 7 reviews the existing institutional arrangements and financial
outlay of waste management system in Pune. Chapter 8 elucidates the overall methodology adopted for
communicating the ISWM plan to the stakeholders. The Strategic Action Plan needs continual
monitoring in order to keep a tab on the continual development. This methodology has been explained in
Chapter 9.
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