Zero Waste Management Vellore Model of C Srinivasan

Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan Suryaprakash Kompalli AID-Bangalore

Site 1 Rhusa Hospital • 8 -10 women employed • Every student is contributing 50 ps/day which turns to a huge amount of Rs. 30, 000/month • Waste segregated into 17 coarse categories, and then into 132 items • Compost creation: Vermi-compost fluid sold at Rs. 2 per packet (What is cost of packet? ) • Video

Site 2 National environment management training & research centre • 4. 5 acres land with a long lease • Sponsored by Ford, Delhi • Portable meeting room that can support upto 100 people • Cost: Rs. 96/sq. ft

Site 3: Vellore Institute of Technology • Employs 36 people • Rs. 1 lakh+ is got by selling the segregated wastes. Money will be utilized within the employed unit for salaries and excess is used for upgrading tools. Year end, nearly Rs. 4 lakhs+ is got per month!! • Vegetable and food wastes from the hostel and canteen acts as a food to the herd of campus cattle • 8 tonnes of waste per day accounting to close to 250 tonnes of waste in a month

Site 4: Vellore bus stand • Sealed for 18 years without maintenance • Collector declared it as “Bus stand”; 35 appointed initially • zero waste managed initiated and 118 women employed • Cattle shed and small yard with ducks to process garbage: Ducks video; Cattle shed video • Rain water harvesting system • Income: Rs 4. 5 lakhs/month. • Discontinued after transferring to municipality

Site 6: CMC Hospital • 8 tonnes of garbage/day • 250 employees in 17 groups working full time in a self-sustained environment

Additional questions • • What is the population of Vellore? How many homes do we cover? Cost of living What is the net profit generated from recycling waste? – – – Site 1 CMC: Rs. 30, 000/month is this sufficient, or is additional funding needed? Site 3 VIT: 1 lakh/month Site 4: Mentions 4. 5 lakh/month, in 39 months Rs. 1. 37 crores