By Hand in Hand/SEED | Project Director
The Solid Waste Management project which was started with a target of 1000 households (Turning waste into wealth)has emerged into a large project covering about 80,140 households in 18 towns as on February 2009, thanks to the funds being received regularly from GlobalGiving as well as substantial funding from SIDA, SWECO and Project funds from other international donors as well as user collection fee that has helped support the project. The level of segregation has reached 31% from almost nil and of these 31%, 26.5% is organic waste which is processed into organic vermi compost manure and 4.5% is recyclable waste.
The project is being implemented under the aegis of the solid waste management rules 2000 as stated by Govt. of India. The strategy has been to create mass awareness on environment issues among the residents & the school children and develop a sustainable SWM model to be implemented by the local governing bodies subsequently in their areas.
Apart from managing the solid waste in the local bodies, the project also provides dignified employment to the underprivileged section of the population as Green Friends, who collect the garbage door-to door and segregate in the processing sheds at project sites.
The District Administration had expressed its appreciation to Hand in Hand for implementing SWM projects in January 2008.
By Hand in Hand SEED | Project organization
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