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Strategic Action Plan Report
Secondary Collection of Waste
This includes the waste collection from community bins. This is fully mechanized, and vehicles are
allocated for this purpose. The waste lifted from bins is transported to the nearest Transfer Station.
Generally, Compactors and Dumper Placers are used for this purpose.
Tertiary Collection of Waste
The waste is lifted from the Transfer Station and transported to the Disposal Site at Urali Devachi.
The Bulk Refuse Carriers are being employed for this purpose.
The transportation system for different types of waste from various sources to the disposal sites in
Pune are as shown in Figure 3.16.
Commercial Units
Houses
Hotels
Wheel barrows
Cycle Rickshaws
Ghanta-trucks
Hotel Trucks
Bins
Compactors
Dumper Placers
Transfer Stations
Bulk Refuse Carrier
Landfill
Figure 3.16: Typical Waste Collection System in Pune
Table 3.5 shows the infrastructure available with PMC for transportation of waste. The vehicles used
for the transportation of solid waste are managed by the transport department of PMC in
coordination with the Health & SWM dept of PMC. Table 3.5 shows the various vehicles used by
PMC for vehicle transportation and waste collection.
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