tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744480669973057019.post4085059174173842532..comments2018-12-07T02:10:45.781-08:00Comments on MSW and Home Composting: It's Raining Fever in Kerala - Blame it on Open DumpsFoundation for Greentech Environmental Systemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03412542433370525083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744480669973057019.post-80515925885905272082015-08-12T08:21:02.885-07:002015-08-12T08:21:02.885-07:00Kerala has gone a step beyond - it has amended its...Kerala has gone a step beyond - it has amended its municipal legislation whereby households are not allowed to dispose of waste at all. They are expected to reduce, reuse, recycle; treat in-situ; or figure out other ways to be 'zero waste'!! As a result ULBs have also stopped installing containers at the community waste depots and stopped lifting waste from residential areas. This is leading to a bizarre situation since people can not attain the so called total 3R and 'zero waste' - they are openly burning waste in backyards, burying into the ground or disposing of into the sea, canals and other water bodies. The beach in Kollam was in a pathetic condition - with lots of plastic waste mixed with the sand; and tourists finding their way through heaps of trash. Foundation for Greentech Environmental Systemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412542433370525083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744480669973057019.post-29048501026272493552013-06-12T10:54:55.906-07:002013-06-12T10:54:55.906-07:00You are right - something has gone awry in Kerala....You are right - something has gone awry in Kerala. In 2006 they started Clean Kerala Campaign. In meetings with Kerala MoEF officials and the Kerala Minister of MoEF, two of us (Former Director of solid wastes USEPA and President of the International Solid Waste Association) recommended that Kerala pursue Regional landfills and transfer stations as the first step of a clean up initiative. That solid foundation would allow Kerala to consider other waste conversion technologies while quickly and efficiently dispose the collected waste. We emphasized that all successful solid waste managment programs started with modern engineered landfills as the foundation. Of course they ignored the pragmatic and cost effective suggestion.The current mess is very expensive indeed.<br />In every progressive civil society, protection and enhancement of public health is of the highest priority. Apparently it is not in Kerala and rest of India.<br />If political leaders had any real commonsense, they rush to provide clean water,clean bathrooms and sewrage systems, prompt collection of all solid wastes daily to the lowest economic sector. The collected solid waste would be disposed in landfills. If that were achieved, prople would be healthier and productive. Instead of spending their money on medications and visits to doctor's offices,the poorest people would be able to improve their life. <br />Instead , the elected officials propose to subsidize the sale of rice as the priority - what a shame.<br /><br />Incredible India is gaining high noterity in the world - for rape of women, excessively dirty cities, Dengue fever, Chicken Gunia, Hepatitis, Choelra, Typhoid, TB, Filariasis,Malaria etc.<br /><br />It is high time to start cleaning up the solid waste mess!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241094877617124331noreply@blogger.com