Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

• The waste collection across the wards occurs mostly in one shift of 8 hours with part of the
second shift being used for some of the vehicles and in a few wards
• About 1500 containers with different sizes have been spread across the city for MSW
collection. The placement is however not optimal
• The door to door MSW collection is augmented by introduction of rag pickers for waste
collection. They have been provided with wheel barrows and cycle rickshaws. However again
the distribution is not based upon the population catered as well as distance covered or
optimal
• The services of vehicles designated as “Ghanta trucks” are being provided to directly collect
the MSW at the door-step and thus reduce the number of containers to be attended to.
However as the Ghanta trucks are not specifically designed for this purpose, the segregation
of waste remains an issue as also the quantity handled. Basically the Ghanta trucks are under
utilized
• The wastes generated from the hotels are mostly segregated (more than 80%) and these
segregated wastes are collected by vehicles designated as “Hotel Gadi”
• The Dumper Placers (DP) are used to lift the larger containers of 3.8 cu.m. Other containers
are serviced by the compactors. The waste is taken to the transfer stations where it is loaded
on the Bulk Refuse Carrier (BRCs). However, lifting of the containers is dependent on the
availability of the DPs and compactors, which are breakdown prone due to lack of
preventive maintenance.
• Even though the emphasis has been on the reduction of containers and increasing the waste
collection by wheel barrows, cycle rickshaws, Ghanta Gadis and hotel Gadis, the reported
collection by these means account for only 11%45 of the city waste generated. With the
reported usage of 41 Ghanta Gadis and 16 Hotel Gadis across the city and compared to 67
DPs and 15 compactors used, the loading on the Ghanta Gadis and Hotel Gadis seems
much below their capacities
• Like the hotels, segregated biodegradable waste comes from the vegetable markets, marriage
halls, and educational institutes. However there is no separate system presently working for
separate collection of the waste from these sources. The exception is Mahatma Phule
Mandai, the largest market yard of Pune, from where vegetable waste is being collected
separately.
• The Rag pickers have been integrated into the waste collection and segregation system with
the aim of increasing the level of segregation as well as to provide livelihood. However, since
the segregation percentage at the household levels is low, the rag pickers need to take out
recyclable / reusable material in the waste. As no space are designated for such practices, the
waste coming for disposal do contain large amount of recyclable / reusable material
45 Solid Waste Generation and Collection in Pune: a situation analysis; KKPKP for AIILSG, Mumbai; 2005
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