Sustainable Waste Management System (Bangladesh)

With the beginning of 2015, we have restructured a number of things at Green Channel. First of all we have decided to recruit new members for each of the teams (Projects, PR, Finance and IT) and second we have decided to structure each department and create a more sustainable way of training new members.

Under the Projects Department the Waste Management Project has been divided into 6 Action Projects (see document attached):

1. Project Trash Patrol (the setting up of trashcans, our ongoing project till 2016)
2. A new project that will work towards creating a sustainable way of collecting Residential Waste (in the process of being designed)
3. A new project that will work towards creating a sustainable way of collecting Commercial Waste (will be designed after 2016)
4. A new project that will work towards promoting composting practices in communities (will be designed after 2016)
5. A new project that will work towards promoting recycling practices in communities (will be designed after 2016)
6. A new project that will work towards raising awareness among children from an early age (in the process of being designed)

In 2015 we will be working on Action Projects 1, 2 and 6.

Recently we have been in touch with a private organization called Waste Concern in Bangladesh, who have done significant amount of work in this field for the past 20 years. Their knowledge and expertise have proved to be extremely valuable to us and thus we hope to work in partnership with them in the following years.

For Project 1, in the next 6 months we hope to complete Phase 5-10 (out of the 16 phases). For Project 2, we hope to design a project in partnership with Waste Concern using their models and patented composting processes in communities and schools. For Project 3 we will be launching a 3 day long program in two schools in Dhaka (sometime within the next month) which if successful will be be replicated in all the other schools of Dhaka. This program will consist of a few environment related topics, a small quiz competition, followed by a field trip.

The Rainwater Harvesting Project has been postponed to June, as it is closer to the Monsoon season. A project proposal has been made for the project. We will be approaching Uttara Society (a part of Dhaka) in March. They have been having water problem hence are very interested in participating in our experimental phase.

• Waste Management Project Official Doc (PDF)
  
• Project Trash Patrol Official Doc (PDF)