Development of alternate fuel through available city waste (JANA DEEP i.e. White Coal) to ensure respectable livelihood for most deprived class of Latur city. (IND/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/2009/54/MS 33)

Project Details & Results

Goal
The goal of the project is to develop alternate fuel so as to reduce use of fuel wood through proper scientific disposal of waste so that to provide respectable livelihood to people who are deprived of basic needs.

Objective
The projects aims towards • Self-employment generation for waste collectors through municipal waste. • Development of alternate fuel through scientific disposal of municipal waste. • Reduction in use of fuel wood for both domestic as well as Industry purpose. • Solution on Employment, Energy, Economics, Environment problem through effective solid waste management.

Output
• Generate employment for about 600 waste collectors • Establish biodegradable waste based briquette making plant (15 tons of briquettes will be produced per day which will fetch Rs. 48,000/- per day at a rate of Rs 3,200 /-per ton) • Develop alternate fuel source for industrial applications • Reduce disposal in solid waste at dumping site by 15 tonnes per day

Activities
Major activities of the project includes capacity building and awareness programme of community members and field workers (which includes actual waste collectors and briquette machine operators)

Goal
The goal of the project is to develop alternate fuel so as to reduce use of fuel wood through proper scientific disposal of waste so that to provide respectable livelihood to people who are deprived of basic needs.

Objective
The projects aims towards • Self-employment generation for waste collectors through municipal waste. • Development of alternate fuel through scientific disposal of municipal waste. • Reduction in use of fuel wood for both domestic as well as Industry purpose. • Solution on Employment, Energy, Economics, Environment problem through effective solid waste management.

Output
• Generate employment for about 600 waste collectors • Establish biodegradable waste based briquette making plant (15 tons of briquettes will be produced per day which will fetch Rs. 48,000/- per day at a rate of Rs 3,200 /-per ton) • Develop alternate fuel source for industrial applications • Reduce disposal in solid waste at dumping site by 15 tonnes per day

Activities
Major activities of the project includes capacity building and awareness programme of community members and field workers (which includes actual waste collectors and briquette machine operators)

Notable Community Participation
The project proposal it self was developed with participation of waste pickers. The wastepickers will be directly involved in the management of plant as well as in other related activities. The studies on various waste items will be also done by wastepickers along with various experts. This it self will provide them a critical input of understanding potential of the various activities in future

Capacity - Building Component
i. Basic training in behavioral attitude for waste collectors to perform better in the process of waste collection & disposal. ii. Scientific and systematic training to evolve awareness and precautions while handling waste material. iii. Periodic evaluation of performance of workers in systematic disposal of waste to establish good work practices in the field workers. iv. R & D in waste disposal with the help of waste collectors so as to enhance their research orientation under guidance of expert institutes like UDCT, IIT etc & individual experts. v. Conducting scientific surveys, experiments, developing prototypes etc. with the help of waste collectors in Bio waste, Polymer waste, Glass & Metal waste etc. for various processes of disposal in scientific way with all necessary documentation & data, under the guidance of expert institutes like UDCT, IIT etc & individual experts. Entrepreneurship Development through waste material. vi. Training of group of waste collectors in briquette manufacturing on established units elsewhere. vii. Exposure visits to Waste Management projects run commercially in other parts of country and studying processes of waste disposal adopted there in e.g. The Ideas Company (NOIDA),Style Solutions (Manesar, Haryana),Gupta Group(Chennai), STEPS (Mumbai),SELCO (Hyderabad) etc. viii. Identifying similar products in market through systematic survey. ix. Training in handling actual sales activity for waste collectors. x. Systematic training in

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The organization has developed a cooperative society of ragpickers and through the same solid waste management programme is build over the years in latur and surrounding cities. Same structure will be strengthen to take up professional and financially viable activities like proposed briquette plant.The project has high potential of sustainability as most of the direct investment in capital items will be through bank loan and government subsidy. Also the ragpickers cooperative will be involved in management of the plant making direct involvement of stakeholders in running the project. Women are in major numbers in The waste pickers community. They will be key stakeholders and involved in direct management.

Gender Focus
Wsate collectors community comprises of both men and women . the project lokks at both of them with equity and benefits would be passed to bothe of them.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
capacity building and awareness programmes are the main coponent of the project activities. project aims to create awareness on waste management and capcity buildoing of people would lead to development of solid fuel which would reduce deforestation and conserve fossil fuels as well as help in reduction of carbon dioxide emission

Notable Community Participation
Representative's of waste collector's are a part of the comittee.They are the real owners of the project.The major work of collecting waste would be performed by the workers and thus have a major role in sucess of the project.The committee meets quaterly to take policy decision which ensures involvment of these stakeholders in the whole process.

Capacity - Building Component
The target class of this project are the waste collectors who are involved in this profession from their early childhood . Majority of them are illiterate. Poverty, unemployment , supersition , caste consciousness, unhygenic living condition have driven their to such a plight that they are unable break this vicious circle.The project organises basic training in behavioral attitude for waste collector like communication skills , dress code & appearance, technique & skills of collection of wastes , role & resposiblity to perform better in the process of waste collection & disposal . One day workshop for waste collector once every six month are being organisied.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The waste collector are the major contributor towards collection of wastes comes from poor family, mostly of scheduled caste and tribes. With the sucessful implementation of project , these waste collector will get regular employment resulting in improvement of their financial status .Also the solid fuels will be available to them at a lowest cost.

Gender Focus
The project focuses on the upliftment of status of women in the society.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Groups of Scheduled caste women were encouraged by the community and they participated actively in all the training programs and meetings.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
The waste is thrown in open field and which is getting disintegrated to generate carbon dioxide and methane.By sucessful implementation of this project,@15 tons ofsolid fuel will be produced .Considering the calorific value of the wood and fossil fuels,this does mean saving 5 tonns of fossil fuel.Availability of solid fuel to the industry and the people,The deforestation rate will be reduced .Thus generation of fuel,reduction in methane and carbon dioxie levels will help in reducing global warming and at the same time make city clean.

Policy Impact
The focused project is in preliminary stages and it is too early to create impact on above topics. The project has already created awareness among the people and made the people to realize the potential of this project.

Putting plastics into best use,	Vermi - Compost manure from Bio	waste being segregated for further useage	Machines in use
Women busy in handling wastes	Process of Making Dough of Bio-mass	Training of Door Step Segregation	Awareness Campaining for waste collection
Participation of School children in Paryavaran Parishad