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Solid Waste Management

Dr. Lucas Dengel presented at the Auroville Green Practices Seminar in 2010 on the topic of solid waste management. The presentation discussed the current problems with waste disposal including dumping, burning, and health issues. It covered technical solutions like sanitary landfills and incineration but noted their limitations. The presentation concluded by emphasizing reducing, reusing, and recycling waste as well as promoting proper waste separation and management.

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Solid Waste Management

Dr. Lucas Dengel presented at the Auroville Green Practices Seminar in 2010 on the topic of solid waste management. The presentation discussed the current problems with waste disposal including dumping, burning, and health issues. It covered technical solutions like sanitary landfills and incineration but noted their limitations. The presentation concluded by emphasizing reducing, reusing, and recycling waste as well as promoting proper waste separation and management.

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Presented at

Seminar and Site Visits


26-28 August, 2010

Solid Waste Management


Lucas Dengel
Eco-Pro

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Table of slides
• The present scenario
• Discard/dump, or burn
• Public health & hygiene concerns
• Moral issues – the management of the commons
• Technical issues – sanitary landfill & incineration
• Issues of management and financial discipline
• Promotional messages
• Our choices
• Possible actions

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The Present Scenario


in towns…

Solid Waste Management | Dr. Lucas Dengel Auroville Green Practices Seminar 2010 3 of 17
The Present Scenario
out of towns…

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The Present Scenario


and this…

Solid Waste Management | Dr. Lucas Dengel Auroville Green Practices Seminar 2010 5 of 17
The Present Scenario
and this too…

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Discard/dump or burn

Soil, water and air


pollution of the
biosphere, our
habitat

In order to reduce
pollution:
sanitary landfill
and incineration

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Public Health & hygiene concerns
• Blocked open sewers > fly & mosquito breeding >
feces-borne & mosquito-borne diseases

• Groundwater becomes polluted microbiologically


(sewage, feces) and chemically (e.g. heavy metals) >
distant groundwater sourcing and depletion

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Public Health & hygiene concerns


Air pollution by dioxins and furans caused by low-degree smoldering
fires burning PVC (halogen-containing plastics & plastics additives)

bio-accumulation in fat tissues: mother milk / nervous tissue, serious


damage to fetus and embryo – see agent orange damage in Vietnam war

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Moral Issues
The Management of the commons
The disparity between personal cleanliness and orderliness in one’s
own house & compound, and the messiness of the commons.

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Technical Issues
No universal solution for all kinds of waste
Sanitary landfill Incineration
• Lining • High temperatures
• Covering • Fast cooling
• Collection & treatment of leachate • Air filters
• Methane retrieval & use • Adequate use of fly ash

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Issues of Management
• Adequate collection services missing
• Adequate processing services missing
• Capacity building at lower levels required
• Corruption in administrative & political offices

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Promotional Messages

resource mgmt vs. waste mgmt

beautification vs. clean-up

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Our Choices

• Prosperity – for some – based


on short-term profits and
mirrored by mountains of trash;

• Prosperity – for many, for all? –


based on smart resource use
and reflected by long-term
benefits

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Possible Actions
Reduce – Re-use – Recycle

• Avoid unnecessary packaging


(value addition, branding…)

• Implement waste separation

• Demand adequate collection services

• Compost bio-waste, channel it to


where there is a need, stay
decentralized as far as possible, keep
transport routes short

• Challenge manufacturers of
hazardous waste (e.g. batteries) and
complex waste (e.g. IT industry) to
recycle

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Nature is nothing but recycled goods…

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Solid Waste Management


Lucas Dengel
Eco-Pro

Contact
Tel: : 0413 262 2469
eco_pro@auroville.org.in

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green.aurovilleportal.org

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