The Hindu 28.06.2010
Meet calls for decentralised solid waste management
Special Correspondent
The Kerala Environment Congress lays stress on reuse/recycle technologies.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Environment Congress 2010, which drew to a close here on Saturday, stressed the need to develop appropriate technology for a decentralised system of solid waste management.
In a declaration issued at the valedictory of the three-day event, the Centre for Environment and Development (CED), the organising agency, said it would take the initiative to identify the technology suited to small-scale garbage treatment plants. It promised to carry out research and development to support local bodies in rural and urban areas.
The declaration highlighted the importance of utilising reuse/recycle technologies and consolidation of information on small-scale technologies and good practices. It proposed a review of the biomedical waste management system and recommended a campaign to propagate and popularise the decentralisation of solid waste management.
e-waste
The CED pledged to act as a facilitator in developing an e-waste management policy for the State and drafting the relevant rules.
It also proposed an action programme to develop technologies for e-waste management.
The agency, which operates the city Corporation's garbage processing plant at Vilappilsala, underlined the necessity for a policy and development of appropriate technologies for slaughterhouse management.
Liquid waste
Observing that liquid waste management was still not on the agenda of local self-government institutions in the State, the declaration said the CED would take the initiative to highlight the issue and encourage the government and local bodies to address it.
It recommended the development of appropriate and local-specific technologies for reuse/recycle of grey water.
Climate change
The agency stressed the need to create awareness of the consequences of climate change on waste management and the importance of viable policy changes for adaptability and mitigation.
Carbon trading
It promised to help develop a mechanism to provide technical and institutional support for local bodies in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and carbon trading.
