Kotte Solid Waste Management Strategy

• The land-fill sites will also have large composting yards. The weigh bridge at therefill site will direct the wet trucks to the compost yards. The bio-degradable itemswill be composted and only the non-degradable balance will go for landfill. For thisto happen, the responsibility of managing the land fill site must rest with a separatedepartment.• Landfill will be lined with fence and will follow standard land-fill management andmonitoring procedures related to daily covers, leachate treatment and gas treatmentfacilities etc.).Adequate steps will also be taken to prevent indiscriminate scavengingon the site.• Waste will be fully covered during the entire period of transport between the point oforigin and the final landfill.2. Engaging the major stakeholders in the implementationStakeholder participation is the fulcrum of the new strategy. The strategy is builton the premise that solid waste management is not a mere public health engineeringexercise. It requires the participation of every single resident and user of city facilities.SJKMC will use the following approaches to mobilize their cooperation and support.• Creation of Institutional mechanisms such as working groups and regularcity consultations to involve the residents individually and collectively.• Conduct of community-based civic education programmes.• Setting up Ward level Environment Management Committees (EMC) ineach ward under the leadership of the clergy.• Setting up of Lane Committees for environment• Revitalizing School Environment Committees to get involved in socialmobilization.• Publication of waste collection schedules• Promotion of urban horticulture.• Recognition and facilitation of the private informal sector.• Engagement and facilitation of NGOs and CBOs.• Creation of Institutional mechanisms: As detailed elsewhere in this document, theMunicipal Council will create the necessary institutional mechanisms to hold regularCity Consultations and Working Groups at appropriate levels to enlist regularinvolvement of main city stakeholders in the implementation of this strategy. Fordetails, please see the sections below on institutional arrangements and workinggroups.• Conduct of community-based civic education programmes: SJKMC will organizeregular city wide mass communication campaigns to educate the residents, the