Kotte Solid Waste Management Strategy

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• Strategy Implementation Plan: The Working Group will also be expected to submitfor Council approval an Implementation Plan to operationalize the proposed SWMstrategy.• Improved public relations: A key to successful and sustainable implementation of thestrategies proposed will be the quality of municipal-public interaction andcooperation. This can be cultivated only through regular follow up visits by themunicipal staff. Such follow up is a sine qua non for the success of implementation.The proposed Environmental Environment Committee at the ward level mustundertake and monitor this task.• Regular process-documentation: The local authority will consider documentation ofprocess and progress as an integral part of the administration and decision makingprocess. Necessary mechanisms will be put in place to obtain regular reports anddatasheets on SWM issues.• Computerized Complaints Redress System: It will also set up an independentcomputerized system for data collection and to process and coordinate the complaintsfrom residents.• Creation of an EPM/SWM Vigilance Squad: In collaborate with the city police andthe Central Environment Authority, the Municipal Council will set up an environmentvigilance squad called Rapid Taskforce on Environment (RTE) with authority tomonitor eco-zone and levy on-the-spot fines.• Management & Monitoring: As given in the following Organogram, the monitoringof implementation of this strategy for Solid Waste Management in SJKMC will bedone at three different levels and will be coordinated by a Municipal Working Groupon City Environment.At the City Level: The Municipal Standing Committee on Environment willcontinually review the implementation progress assisted by the proposed WorkingGroup on City Environment which will meet monthly. Its role is detailed below.At the Ward Level: The progress will be monitored and supervised by the WardlevelEnvironment Committee which will meet monthly or more regularly whenneeded.At the Community Level: The lane committees will be responsible for themanagement and supervision of waste collection and disposal. It will alsopromote and monitor household level compliance with the 4R principle. It willalso keep the municipal functionaries informed of non-arrival or delay ofcompactor and heavy vehicles that will affect their service provision.Working Group on City Environment
As stated above, a high powered working group will be established which can putpressure on the higher levels of government to provide necessary support to the ZeroWaste initiative of the capital city.• Through an adopted council motion or a Provincial Council Directive, the WorkingGroup will be set up making it mandatory to meet regularly, preferably monthly.• Being the capital city, the Provincial Council’s Director (SWM) or Commissioner ofLocal Government will co-chair the Group along with the Municipal Commissioner.• The Working Group will develop and implement a Zero Waste Management Plan andStrategy with immediate effect.• As explained above under the section on institutional development, the Workinggroup will submit an Environment Status Report (ESR) as a prerequisite for futureZero Waste Management and EPM action. Using a City Consultation process, theWG will establish a series of achievable SWM milestones for the city and plan andmonitor its implementation.The proposed organogram is given on the next page.
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