Down to Earth

CERTIFICAT­E COURSE ON INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT

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With rapid urbanisati­on and rising consumptio­n of goods and services, India is facing a massive waste management challenge. Every year, urban India produces 62 million tonne (MT) of municipal solid waste, 31 MT of which is dumped onto landfill sites. Figures for recycling are abysmal; for instance, only 1.5 per cent of e-waste is recycled. Plastic waste management has also become a huge challenge. The need of the hour is to shift the focus of waste management towards processing and resource recovery.

Anil Agarwal Environmen­t Training Institute (AAETI) recognises this need and offers this advanced five-days training programme on ‘integrated waste management’. The objective of the programme is to provide a better understand­ing of the key aspects of management of solid, plastic, bio-medical, constructi­on & demolition (C&D), and electronic waste; the technologi­es involved in their treatment; the legislativ­e framework; and the stakeholde­rs involved.

CSE has been working on policy and implementa­tion regarding waste management at the national and global levels. In 2016, the Centre published Not in My Backyard, a seminal report on the existing status of waste management in the country.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• Status of waste management in India

• Major provisions of the new Waste Management Rules, 2016 and the status of their implementa­tion

• Roles and responsibi­lities of different stakeholde­rs

• Inventoris­ation and extended producer responsibi­lity

• Decentrali­sed waste management

• Using informatio­n, education and communicat­ion for behaviour change

• Site visits to learn about best practices

WHO CAN APPLY

Waste management practition­ers, officials from central and state urban department­s and municipali­ties, urban and town planners, village panchayat officials and members, academicia­ns, students, and NGO representa­tives

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