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    The document discusses appropriate solid waste management technologies for Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. It examines the types and amounts of waste generated as well as current practices. A range of low-to-high technology strategies are presented that can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from waste and promote sustainable development, including composting, recycling, biogas production, and using disaster debris in construction. Local conditions like land availability and costs must be considered when selecting technologies. Public participation and treating waste as a resource are emphasized.

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    The document discusses appropriate solid waste management technologies for Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. It examines the types and amounts of waste generated as well as current practices. A range of low-to-high technology strategies are presented that can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from waste and promote sustainable development, including composting, recycling, biogas production, and using disaster debris in construction. Local conditions like land availability and costs must be considered when selecting technologies. Public participation and treating waste as a resource are emphasized.

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    The document discusses appropriate solid waste management technologies for Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. It examines the types and amounts of waste generated as well as current practices. A range of low-to-high technology strategies are presented that can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from waste and promote sustainable development, including composting, recycling, biogas production, and using disaster debris in construction. Local conditions like land availability and costs must be considered when selecting technologies. Public participation and treating waste as a resource are emphasized.

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    Appropriate Technologies

    for Solid Waste Management


    Sustainable
    in Kathmandu Valley

    Dr. Alka Sapkota


    SWM/ Environment
    Expert
    Government of Nepal
    Ministry of Urban Development
    Solid Waste Management Technical
    Support Center
    (SWMTSC), Pulchowk
    What type of Technologies do We
    Need?
    What type of Technologies do We
    Need?

    In Developing countries
    like Nepal, Where GHG
    emissions from waste are
    increasing, waste
    management strategies
    need to be cost effective &
    Sustainable at an
    appropriate level
    Effective Waste Management = Effective
    GHG mitigation

    There are a range of


    mature low to high
    technology strategies
    that can be implemented
    to mitigate GHG
    emissions from waste
    and enhance sustainable Many co-benefits:
    development
    Improved public health and environment
    Renewable energy from waste => fossil fuel offsets
    Energy and materials conservation through waste
    prevention, minimization, reuse, and recycling
    Waste
    Technologies
    Processes that protect the Waste
    environment alongside Hierarchy
    resource and energy
    consumption to most
    favorable to least
    favorable
    actions
    Local Technology Choices

    Local Technology Choices are a


    function of:
    Source of Generation & Waste
    Quantity
    Waste Characteristics
    Available Land Area
    Cost
    Regulatory Constraints
    Local Preferences
    Collection & Transport Issues
    Policy/Planning Guidance
    Solid Waste Generation &
    Composition in
    Kathmandu Valley

    Glass Rubber & Othe


    MetalsTextile 2 Leather r
    1% % 1% 3%
    2%
    Pape
    r
    11
    Plast %
    ic
    17 Organ
    % ic
    63%

    With Per capita municipal solid waste


    generation per day 356.63/day , Total Waste
    Generation of Kathmandu valley is 1065
    tons/day
    Solid Waste Management in
    Kathmandu
    Metropolitan City
    General Waste Management Practice in
    Kathmandu Valley

    Collection of
    Waste

    Final
    Mostly Disposal
    collection vehiclesused
    are not appropriate or not designed
    for waste collection
    Mostly of the waste gets openly dumped or land
    filled Waste of potential valuable
    resources
    Overview
    Waste is still in
    Street

    Expen Expen Expen


    se se se
    Collecti Transfer Landfill
    on Station Site
    No
    Income

    No Recycle, No Reuse, No
    No Reduction No
    Income
    Current Waste Management SystemIncome
    in
    CollectionKathmandu
    efficiency Valley
    71.77%.
    6070% of SWM budget is spend on collection and street
    sweeping. 2030% in transportation and rest in final disposal
    Low priority in Waste Processing /Recycling
    What Technologies
    should we
    adopt?
    / /
    !

    /
    /
    (,
    -cc, ,
    )

    /
    /

    !


    Household Composting

    Drum Pot Pit Earthwor


    Composting Composting Composting m
    Composti
    ng
    Composting

    Household
    Composting
    Agricultur
    e

    Community Commercial
    Composting Composting

    Any type of composting you adopt is


    linked to Agriculture
    Capacity: 1 ton per day, Total required Land: 20 0 sq. m, semi automated, Cost for operation: Rs. 2
    M includi ng shed, folding racks a nd others, Management: Commu nity program me pa rtnershi p.
    EASY handling, no foul odour, convert in 1 0 days.
    Commercial
    Composting

    Praramva Biotech is an enterprise that specializes in


    producing organic bio fertilizers, using organic waste, and
    their product is commonly known as Vermi-compost.

    BioComp
    Nepal
    Biogas
    Production

    Bio
    Briquettin
    g
    Compost Plant and Recycling promotion
    at Teku
    Plastic
    recycling

    Waste plastic and waste wood can also be


    incinerated in a manner that involves effective
    use, such as waste power generation
    2
    0
    Plastic
    recycling
    Waste Paper to Pencil Making
    Machine

    Each year 80,000 trees are destroyed to produce more


    than 14 billion pencils.
    :
    . |
    |
    . ,
    |( = ..)
    MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
    Conventional Waste Management

    Brewery Brewery waste dumped into


    rivers to destroy ecosystem

    Mushroom Muck dumped on fields


    Growing

    Waste piles up
    Chicken Raising
    Methane vented
    Methane Gas
    Production
    Muck cleaned
    Fish Ponds out
    Enterprise Development in SWM

    Brew Brewery waste fertilizes mushrooms


    ery
    Mushroom Growing
    Mushroom residue feeds chickens

    Chicken Raising Chicken waste is composted

    Solids become fish food


    Methane Gas Production

    Fish Ponds Nutrients used in


    gardens

    Hydroponic Gardening
    Disaster Waste
    Management
    Technologies
    Earthquake 2015

    Thousands of infrastructures were fully damaged


    generating > 4 million tons of debris from
    Kathmandu valley alone due to the massive
    earthquake April 12th 2015 and aftermaths
    Disaster Waste
    Management Cycle

    3
    1
    Concrete Breaker &
    Excavator

    3
    2
    Loader &
    Tipper
    Jaw
    Crusher
    Disaster Waste can be
    Used In Road
    Basement
    Disaster Waste can be
    Used to Fill
    Gabion Walls
    Interlocking
    blocks/Bricks

    3
    7
    Reuse of Disaster
    Waste :
    Structural Infill
    What Are We Doing with Debris
    Waste ???...
    Treat waste as
    resource,
    make money

    Public/ Community
    /Municipality/Private
    Sector Participation Thank You
    !!!

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