Zero-Garbage Mumbai

Action Plan ByHansel D’Souza

Objective:Long Term Garbage Solution

What’s Garbage?Something you did’nt eat!The start of an epidemicFood for rats, roaches, mosquitoesAn invitation to ragpickersA banquet for stray dogsA road block for cars/pedestriansDeath knell for mangroves & landfills

Stunning Facts

Mumbai produces 7200 tons dailyBMC spends Rs. 14 lakhs daily on

collectionMumbai has 6,300 collection pointsMumbai’s 3 dumping grounds

Gorai - 15 hectares Deonar - 1,011 hectares Mulund - 25 hectares

will be saturated by 2010 !

Garbage ContainsOrganic matter 37.5%Sand & mud 35.0%Paper, cartons 15.0%Metals 0.80%Plastic 0.75%Glass 0.40%Others 10.55%

Step 1Enforce Segregation

Using ALM’s for communicationProviding ND’s for enforcementImplement Sec 368 BMC Act

Step 2Gate CollectionSet Daily Collection ScheduleAllot 3 Compactors per Corporator

WardSpray EM solution in Compactor itself

Step 3Identify Garden Plots

Parks, gardens at least 3 in each Corporator ward

Assign Disposal squads for each Construct composting pits enough to

handle 5 tons per day at each site Train Staff to use EM technology

Diagram of Park Composting

Step 4Dry Waste Centres

One Dry waste centre for each Corporator ward to coordinate disposal

Tie up with ragpickers association Arrange for medical waste disposal Arrange for shell shredding Debris disposal Shredder for leaves, grass etc.

Step 5Make it mandatory for institutions,

housing soc, to compost own garbageAll new structures must include

composting pits in plansGive incentives to existing societies to

compost (2% discount in property tax)Impose garbage collection cess on

those not composting

Key DriversE M Technology to remove odourSaving in transportation to dump

sitesBreak bulk for compostingGarbage split into 681 small lotsManure for garden plotsDumping grounds saved

Net Result

No more rotting garbage heaps No pests, stray dogs, etc. No ragpickers haunting street corners Save our landfills Recycle dry garbage Compost wet garbage Green Mumbai