Solid Waste Management
- Solid Waste Management
Community Based Solid Waste management in China Garden – Pilot Project (2016 -2018)
With the experience of Yokohama City, CITYNET-Yokohama Project Office and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Galle City and the HELP-O have been implementing a community-based solid waste management project to achieve waste free city in Galle. The main objectives of the project are: It’s a program with involves all related stakeholders in Galle City for waste management. This provided two recycling bags for perishable and nonperishable waste.
According to this project we did,
- To organize an Awareness program School Awareness Program
Community Awareness Program
- To organize the Cleaning Program
- To organize Stakeholders Meetings
- To conduct the Sticker Campaign
- To Exporting the collected Glass Waste
- To Diploid hand – cart for the village
- To Assigned the green leaders
- To Distribution of waste collection bags
- To Made a private public partnership
- To strengthen the partnership among stakeholders,
- To mobilize the community,
- To established monitoring systems.
Tsunami Recovery – Waste Management through Clean – Up Galle Program
Project Code Number – DAI 648
We along with USAID/OTI have set up a program in Galle City to find a solution for Solid Waste management in the city with the corporation of Galle Municipal Council.
Tsunami Recovery – Waste management through Clean – Up Galle program was focused on “Cleaning – Up” the Galle district and helping the local authorities and citizenry of Galle to establish systems and techniques in order to ensure their waste is disposed of in a hygienic and environmentally friendly way.
This program consists of several activities such as, Awareness raising information campaign, Training on best practices, Shramadana clean-up effort and exposition, and Distribution of garbage disposal bins within target communities and key public areas to promote concepts of waste management through reduction and sorting.
Additionally, this program is comprised of a series of planning meetings with local government authorities, community leaders in the selected locations, and private entrepreneurs in the field of reuse and recycling to formulate an action plan for sustainable implementation of the solid waste management program in Galle.
This program attempted to address both physical and psychosocial aspects with regard to Solid Waste management. Awareness programs were planned before the implementation of activities through training community mobilizing officers and house-to-house awareness.
This program has planned to implement in 5 following selected villages. Dadalla, China Fort, Kaluwalla, Galwadugoda, Thalapitiya.
Training on best practice Shramadana clean – up effort and exposition
Distribution of garbage disposal bins Awareness raising information campaigen
Technical validation for planned infrastruture rehabilitation
Project Number – DAIC537
This grant will fund the technical validation for repair and rehablitation of one mosquito control unit, two community health centers and one public toilet complex in the Galle Four Gravets Division Of the Galle District, which were damaged by the 2004 Asian tunami. This validation will provide accurate information for follow up construction and will assess the sites of the damaged infrastruture and provide a detailed plan, rated bill of quantities, material flow chartt, and a time line for renovation. This activity, which was identified by citizens and local authorities as a priority need, will anable the grantee to coordinate the repair and rehablitation of damaged public health centers and toilet complexes.
Develop the Dharmapala Children Park and Recycling for a clean city, Galle.
Project Name – Solid waste management in Dharmapala Children Park in Galle.
This project funds donated by USAID.
Since the Municipal Council has faced garbage management, they are assisted to reduce the problem. Therefore, a mini-bio weeper is being built in the gardens for garbage collection. This is being constructed by a trained team of professionals.
In order to provide raw materials to the biogas power station, a district time was taken to find waste. Specialized lanes have introduced a method to diversify garbage. Five projects will be implemented for a sustainable operation. They reduced the garbage issue to the city to familiarize themselves with the waste in their own land. Then they were brought to the park. Then the biomass used to produce biogas
To assist to reduce garbage in the market in Galle, we built another bio-gas plant by the vegetable market and the bio-chemical garbage discarded to that bio-gas plant.
While implementing this procedure for a particular lane, Street Vendors Association also have to get together involved in the procedure to introduce them “ Garbage sort out system” and to keep the street clean. Then we would be able to take suitable garbage to bio-gas plant in the park as same as in the vegetable marked.
The organic sum is used to produce fertilizer and waste paper is used to produce hand paper. The bio- gas transferred to produce electricity. The lamps of the park are lighted by the bio-gas that is produced by the plant.
The lavatory system of the park will be constructed to provide labroatory facilities. And the responsibility of maintaining the laboratory gave to Municipal Council and also HELP-O will follow- up the maintenance. These three toilets repaired and another one will be constructed.
There exists a demand for toilets in the ceremony garden in the park, where ceremonies and special programs have been taking place. Therefore, two more new standard toilets were constuced in the site.
Also we distributed some media demonstration papers in the park and out side of the park on solid waste management. This influenced people to use their garbage in an effective and efficient way.
To enhance the quality of the project, training for officers who working on this project is necessary. Therefore, we conducted a training workshop for officers with the help of a university lecture.
As our intention is to demonstrate the public on the use of garbage, we gave priority for school children and aware the procedure and effectiveness of recycling. About 10 awareness programs for 20 schools have to be conducted based on one awareness program for two schools.
Our Waste Collection Programs
Produce and Distribution of Separate Waste Collection Bags in the China Garden
We conducted the waste separate collection system in China Garden ward at Galle. For that we introduced waste separate collection bag producing by out handy bags. There had two types of bags named Organic waste bag and non – Organic waste bag. These Rice bags and can be reuse to collect waste again. It has a cover inside of the bag.
First we held an awareness program to the people of China Garden ward. We discussed how to collect the bags and to get their views. Then we found the women who living at China Garden for sewing the bags as a self-employed. We paid 50 rupees per bag to her. So we think this is a win-win situation of the project.
As the main activity of the project, we have distributed the separate waste collection bag to the community of china garden in Galle. It is a very useful thing for building the new waste collection system.
The uses of this bag are,
- People can reuse this bag
- People can put garbage according to two categories such as organic waste and inorganic waste
- Can reduce the amount of waste that dumping to the yard
- This can be also developed as a self-employment
As the first step of the new waste collection system, distributed Organic Waste Separation Bag.
Collected and Exported Glass Waste Program in the Galle City.
At the present, our society faced to a huge problem due to not properly waste management system. These glass wastes are helping to growth health problems. So we offered a solution to the Glass waste.
Galle Municipal Area. HELP-O able to lead the program. Community basis and Municipal basis collect glass and collect in a one place, then shift to China. Now people bring glass waste and during the past there is no proper process for glass recycling but HELP-O could bring this solution to the Galle city. During waste sorting process there was no solution to glass but we could bring sustainable solutions for it. Not even that unrecyclable glass was one of the main reason for spreading Dengue threat but now we could solve this issue in city level.
“Karapitiya” Hospital Solid Waste Management Program
The Karapitiya hospital which is rendering immense service is going to a large mass of people daily and collects a large number of solid wastes. As this was a big problem, we were able to build a waste collection center to manage this solid waste management.
Local Action to Mitigate E waste
The growing amount of E-waste is creating a major impact on the society. Although the total amount is 1-2% it has the higher potential in polluting 75% of drinking water. The Southern province environment Authority has initiated the E- waste Collection Program and the HELP-O has taken action under the CITYNET funded Community based Waste Management Project to encourage the project by providing side support in collecting E-waste and encouraging small businesses and households with potential in waste generation.
Project Case Studies
- Community – based Solid Waste Management in Galle City
(A Pilot Project in China Garden)
- They made hand – cart by their own self
Into village roads are very small also municipal council vehicle cannot travel on the roads. Also we gave the hand – cart. After few days that hand – cart getting the damage. But villagers re – made by their own self, because of that they feel this project as their project not only our project. It is a one of the measurement in the project, Because of that community people being with project.
- This project sponsored by CITYNET yokohoma. So, they wrote the news articles and published by own them self. If you can follow this link.
http://citynet-yh.org/english/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Galle-Report.pdf
‘Making Galle City Plastic Free City’ Project
HELP-O started this project under the supervision and guidance of the ministry of environment. This project started on 1st of June, 2022. IGES is the financial partner of the project and UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) provides technical assistance to the project.
Main Objective- Developing a resource book for educational sector, textile sector, fishery sector and hotel sector on plastic waste management.
Under the following objective, project activities were planned and started orientation Programs for the project.
Collaborative Action for Clean City Galle
Project Goal: City is cleaner and the volume of plastic waste entering to the ocean is minimum.
Project Purpose: Enhanced and efficient Solid Waste Management system to reduce generation of plastic waste and promote recycling.
Project Objectives:
Result 1: Improved coordination among city stakeholders for participatory decision making
Result 2: Increased understanding of the current waste management system and 3R/SWM practices
Result 3: Integrated SWM Action Plan available and policy to implement the plan strengthened
Result 4: Components of Integrated SWM Action Plan piloted and lessons documented for replication in GMC
Main Project Stakeholders:
- Galle Municipal Council
- HELP-O
- “Clean Cities and Blue Ocean” Program
Project Benefits:
- Conducting a waste audit and assessment for the Galle Municipal Council
- Preparation of an Integrated Solid Waste Management Action Plan for the Galle Municipal Council
- Preparation of necessary plans to make the city of Galle a clean city without waste
- Preparation of a Stakeholder Forum for Waste Management in Galle City
- Use an Integrated Solid Waste Management Action Plan to solve the waste management problems within Galle Municipality area