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Seminar on“SUSTAINABLE SOLIDWASTE MANAGEMENT”February 28, 2009, Hotel Maurya,South Gandhi Maidan, PatnaSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTAN INITIATIVE BY:ORGANISED BY:CO-ORGANISED BY:GFDRGLOBAL FORUM FORDISASTER REDUCTIONGlobal Vision, Local ActionNEWMEDIAconnecting global business

PREFACEWaste Management poses manifold challenges. Most local governments and urbanagencies have, time and again, identified particularly solid waste management as amajor problem that has reached proportions requiring drastic measures.We can observe three key trends with respect to solid waste:• Increase in shear volume of waste generated by urban residents• Change in the quality or make-up of waste generated, and• The disposal/method of waste collected, by land-fill, incineration etc.It is critical to adopt a broad approach in developing a working framework for solidwaste management (SWM). This covers the social, economic, technology, politicaland administrative dimensions. For instance the social dimension of SWM involveswaste minimization; the economic dimension of SWM involves waste recycling; thetechnology dimension of SWM involves waste disposal; and the political andadministrative dimensions cuts across all the three issues of minimization, recyclingand disposal.‘ S’ for Solid‘ W’ for Waste‘ M’ for ManagementBut SWM is not an isolated phenomenon that can be easily compartmentalized andsolved with innovative technology or engineering. It is particularly an urban issuethat is closely related, directly or indirectly, to a number of issues such as urbanlifestyles, resource consumption patterns, jobs and income levels, and other socioeconomicand cultural issues. All these issues have to be brought together on acommon platform in order to ensure a long-term solution to Solid waste.Having completed seven sensitisation workshops across different metros &mini-metros cities like:Garbage truck blast,blaze remind thatyou can't throwjust anything in the trash• Mumbai • Chennai • Hyderabad • Kolkata • Guwahati • Pune • Ahmedabad

We are planning to take this initiative to metros & mini-metroswho can learn from the experiences of SWM of Metro citiesand imbibe practical solutions to these issues.For this novel initiative JCB has partnered with us to takeup this issue forward in metros & mini-metro cities like:• Patna • Aurangabad • Chandigarh • Lucknow• Ranchi • Bhopal • Pondicherry • Baroda • BangaloreOBJECTIVEThe Seminar on Solid Waste Management will provide an exclusive forum to sharethe ideas & experiences of specialised expertise of the respective field. This Seminarwill facilitate consensus/conflict resolution among actors. i.e. MunicipalCorporation, Medical Professionals, Environmentalists, Public & Corporate Sectors.It will also focus on new concept & technologies for Sustainable Solid WasteManagement including e-waste.The major objectives of the workshop are to:(i) Discuss the lesson learnt from National & International waste managementprojects.(ii) Identify the barriers in the effective implementation of policies & regulations insocial waste management in Asia.(iii) Create awareness on the environmental, economic & social impacts of solidwaste management in the society through three fold exclusive managementtechniques:• To concentrate on nexus of waste, environment & health• To focus on issues of waste recycling & resource recovery• To deal with aspects of livelihood, employment & poverty alleviation in context ofurban classEXPECTED OUTCOMESThis One Day Seminar on Sustainable Solid Waste management will throw light onvital issues & focus on the effective implementation of themes such as:-• E-Waste management• Waste Management Policy Planning and Strategies• Management of Municipal Solid Waste and Treatment• Solid waste Management• Health Care Waste Management• Alternative MethodsGarbage truck blast,blaze remind thatyou can't throwjust anything in the trash

Glimpses of SWM Seminar Across Six Metro CitiesMedia CoverageShri. Pratim Chatterjee, Minister-in-charge,Dept. of Fire and Emergency Services,Government of West Bengal at Govt of WestBengal from left Shri. Satya Swaroop, ProjectDirector GFDR along with, Shri. JaswinderSingh Vilkhu, GM Sales from JCB andAmit Gossain, GM Marketing from JCBShri. Debash Das, Minister-in-charge,Dept of Information Technology,Government of West Bengal, From leftShri. Jaswinder Singh Vilkhu, GM Salesfrom JCB with Mr. Satya Swaroop, ProjectDirector GFDR and Shri. Anil K Sinha,IAS (Retd.) Co-Chairman of GFDRShri. Jaswinder Singh Vilkhu felicitating ChiefGuest Shri. Dinesh Prasad Goala, Minister,Urban Development Dept. Assam.Chief Guest Shri. Dinesh Prasad Goala,Minister, Urban Development Dept. Assam.

Shri. Raj Mohan, Additional MunicipalCommissioner (Health & Sanitation),Greater Hyderabad, MunicipalCorporationShri. Prabhuu Sinha, CEO QualityWaves, Hyderabad and Vice-Chairman GFDRDr. Satyanarayan N, AdditionalMission director, Municipal Affairsand Urban DevelopmentGovernment of Andhra PradeshDelegates at Hyderabad SeminarNetworking SessionDr. Anjali Parasnis, FellowResearch, TERIDr. Amiya Kumar Sahoo,President, NSWAI MumbaiSpeaker addressing the delegates

Chief Guest Shri. A.K Jain, IASPrincipal Secretary, Water Supply& Sanitation Department,Government of MaharashtraShri. Babasaheb Rajale Deputy MunicipalCommissioner, Navi MumbaiShri. Pravin Singh Pardeshi,Municipal Commissioner fromPune Municipal CorporationShri. Satya Swaroop with Shri. A. K Jain, IAS andShri. Jaswinder Singh VilkhuShri. Jaswinder Singh Vilkhu felicitating Shri. A. K Jain,IAS Principal Secretary (Govt. Of Maharashtra)Shri. Satya Swaroop ProjectDirector- Global Forum for DisasterReduction and Managing Editor ofNEW MEDIAShri. P. P. Vyas, DeputyCommissioner, Rajkot MunicipalCorporation and Project CoordinatorSWM (GUDC)Shri. Kaushik Mehta DGM NirmalGujarat , Gujarat UrbanDevelopment Mission

QUOTATIONArjun Mirdha - Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, JCB says, “SolidWaste forms the core of all environmental problems. Effective and efficientmanagement of waste can turn the problem of wastes into a source of wealth”.Disposal of waste in a safe and cost effective manner is becoming increasinglyimportant worldwide. JCB, in keeping with its tradition, has taken an initiativetowards addressing the issue of waste management in India. We have a great rangeof machine and attachments for waste handling and are holding seminars in variousmetro cities.Amit Gossain - Associate Vice President, Marketing & BusinessDevelopment, JCB has been continuously contributing and demonstrating itsstrong commitment in contributing towards a sustainable development byorganizing solid waste management seminars. Inadequate solid waste treatment isone of the biggest ecological problems in the country and these seminars will help usto understand better the current practices of waste management as well as inidentifying alternatives for the current solid waste management system. The only wayto have sustainable long term growth is to remain "GREEN" which is not only vital forindustries but also for society at large and this should start with immediate chewablesteps.R.A. Rajeev - Additional Municipal Commissioner City & SWM adds that,”There has been a major shift in thinking at the international level about wastemanagement policies & practices. Now, waste is more increasingly treated as aresource rather than sheer garbage. We have to ensure that these changes in wastemanagement policy and practices world-over are incorporated in the Indian contextas efficiently and effectively as possible.”Satya Swaroop - Project Director of Global Forum for Disaster Reduction says,“Waste Management is one of the major areas of concern. Various strategies havebeen laid down for the management of solid waste by the government and severalattempts were made to improve the same. But it seems inadequate as per the presentscenario is concerned."As there will be no end to this mismanagement we hope the Seminar will lay downnew and bold approaches in terms of preparedness, connectivity amongcommunities, corporate and governments. During its sessions and deliberations, theSeminar will highlight the genesis of the Platform for Public Private Partnership(P4PPP) in waste management and mitigation, which is the most pressing need of thehour," Swaroop added.Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahu - President, NSWAI says, “Sustainability of anyenvironmental project needs the analysis of 3 E’s (Ethics, Environment andEconomy). Since every individual has to change their attitude through Ethics toprotect Environment and undoubtedly should develop Economy for sustaining theenvironmental projects.”For further details please contact:Satya Swaroop,Project Directorsatya@newmediacomm.bizTelephone: +91 22 65276930Telefax: +91 22 29208888Mobile: +91 98200 31016Prajwala Poojary,Sr. Executive, Special Projectsprajwala@newmediacomm.bizMobile: +91 98198 80751