Kotte Solid Waste Management Strategy

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ConclusionThe above problems and drawbacks call for formulation of a forward-lookingzero waste strategy for the city. For decades, solid waste management of the city has beenconsidered primarily as an engineering responsibility of the municipal council.Resultantly, collection and disposal of waste had been the only solution usingconventional methods. Time has come now for the municipal council to adopt a newguiding principle and strategy for solid waste management.
Solid Waste Management Strategyof Sri Jayawardenapura KottePart IIThe StrategyThe Guiding PrinciplesThe Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte Solid Waste Management Strategy isanchored on the premise that:Solid Waste Management covers all activities pertaining to the control, transfer,transport, processing and disposal of residual solid waste in accordance with bestprinciples and practices of public health, economics, engineering, conservation andaesthetics. Its scope must include attendant administrative, financial, legal, planningand engineering functions.The Strategy is guided by several key principles. They are:The issue is much wider than SWM: The strategy acknowledges that solid wastemanagement is no more a limited public health engineering responsibility. It is a muchwider task and, therefore, must be seen in the context of comprehensive planning andmanagement of the total city environment.Don’t waste Waste: Waste is money. The UN-Habitat sponsored SustainableCities Pogramme (SCP) has succeeded in getting the local authority and the residentcommunity of the city to understand that it does not make economic sense to waste the“useable waste”. The residents now feel the need for effective community andhousehold-based methods for urban solid waste management. They are no more ignorantof or averse to these methods which call for greater household care and action. This isone of the main accomplishments of the SCP programme. A considerable number of cityresidents are now ready to support municipal SWM efforts to adopt a 4R principle(Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Reject) and are seeking municipal guidance and follow-up.Lack of financial resources is not the main issue: As in all other local authoritiesin Sri Lanka, SJKMC too spends a considerable percentage of its annual budget of solidwaste management. The amount spent daily is substantial. The reason for inadequatemanagement is more a problem of strategy and administration than a lack of finances.
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Page 9 and 10: The sources of OriginWaste in SJKMC
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