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Establishing Sustainable Decentralised Solid Waste Processing Initiatives at Community Levels Involving Scrap Workers in the State of GOA

The present proposal seeks to achieve three significant objectives:

a) Upsacle rapidly the construction of in-house solid waste disposal schemes using environmentally friendly methods and technologies including EM and earthworms. This is to be done with large scale actors including building developers, cooperative housing socities, hotels, resorts, factories and major institutions.

b) Preapare and implement a non-biodegradable waste collection and disposal scheme that will deal effectively with plastic litter, through the craetion of permanent arrangements for collection and disposal(recycling) of such wastes.

c) Prepare a detailed feasibility report on the setting up of two waste paper and cloth reprocessing units to make paper from materials redeemed from solid waste sites.

The overall goal of the project is to enable environment cleanliness and to expand the implementation of long term, institutional solutions in the persisting problem of domestic solid wastes generated by a variety of agents in the state of Goa.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

The Goa Foundation

Country:

India

Area Of Work:

Multifocal Area

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 27,515.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 122,406.66

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 4,000.00

Project Number:

SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/02/06/GOA 02

Start Date:

12/2006

End Date:

12/2009

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

As rag pickers will be involved, gender equity might be fulfilled but no special emphasis or activities are proposed.

Notable Community Participation

Segregation of waste based on awareness will be done with community participation at various levels, i.e. residents, municipal bodies, rag pickers etc. Financial involvement of different stakeholders will be encouraged for establishment of vermicompost and sustainability of the activities. Social sustainability will be achieved as local self government bodies are directly involved along with high involvement of community ? both physically and financially.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The plastic will be collected from a number of areas and will be stored in the Panchayat premises. The plastic recyclers will be networked with the local bodies to lift up the collected plastic for recycling for income generation. The project also proposes to work out concrete schemes, ward-wise and village-wise, for door-to-door collection of non-biodegradable waste, and for introducing measures for handling of non-biodegradable waste, including compression of plastic and its dispatch for recycling. The Foundation has already set up non-profit company to undertake the activities.

Capacity - Building Component

Various training programmes and workshops on awareness and technology development will be organized with the community, the government officials and the rag pickers. The waste handlers will be trained in collection, segregation and recycling of waste. The plastic recyclers will be networked with the local bodies to lift up the collected plastic for recycling.

Project Results

1. The Goa Foundation has been given the responsibility to supervise the management of solid waste at two Municipal dumpsites on behalf of the Margao Municipal Council and the Mapusa Municipal Council.
2. Around 1500-2000 kg of waste is being processed at these sites and the municipal council is selling the manure generated.
3. The Foundation has raised a co-financing of USD 77,500, mainly from the municipal councils.
4. 200 school students, staff of 10 municipal councils, around130 households and 30-35 Panchayat members have been trained in waste management and vermi composting.
5. The Foundation is handling the waste management and segregation at the Dempo Mining site. The waste generated is being segregated and treated and the compost is being used for reclamation of the mining site.

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