Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost User & Agro Market
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Assessment of Assessment Report Prepared By Waste Collection Practical Action Bangladesh System Waste Collection Services by WORD, Faridpur October2013 Compost User & Agro Market National 3R Goal The national 3R goal for waste management is to achieve complete elimination of waste disposal on open dumps, rivers, flood plains by 2015 and promote recycling of waste through mandatory segregation of waste at source as well as to create a market for recycled products and provide incentives for recycling of waste. Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 6 2. STUDY BACKGROUND 2.1 Faridpur Municipality 7 2.2 Compost Plant 7 2.3 Serve & Unserve Areas 8 2.4 Solid Waste Transfer Station 8 2.5 Objective 9 1 3. STUDY APPROACH 3.1 Survey methods 9 3.2 Survey Limitation 10 4. Resident Participation and Attitudes about Waste Management 4.1 Waste collection frequency 11 4.2 HH practice of waste dumping & cleanliness 11 4.3 Willingness to increase service charges 11 4.4 Coordination with Service Provider (WORD) 12 HH Survey HH 5. Customer satisfaction on waste collection Services 12-13 – CHAPTER TWO Result of Compost user & Agro Dealers 14-16 CHAPTER THREE Plant assessment: Scope for development and overall Management cycle 17-19 CHAPTER FOUR Findings Recommendation & Conclusion 20-27 APPENDIX A: Pictorial: Community Bin/Solid Waste Transfer Station 28-30 CHAPER ONE Practical Action Bangladesh Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ ABBREVIATION % Percentage 3R Reduce, Reuse, Recycle BFF Beneficiaries Friendship Federation CBO Community Based Organization 2 EST Environmentally Sound Technology FGD Focus Group Discussion FM Faridpur Municipality GHG Green House Gas HH Households MSW Municipal Solid Waste NGO Non-Governmental Organization SUP Society for the Urban Poor SUSPER Sustainable Soil Management for Food Security of Poor Marginal & small farmers of active flood plain & Char Lands of Bangladesh TLCC Town Level Coordination Committee WORD Welfare Organization for the Rural Disabled WLCC Ward Level Coordination Committee WM Waste Management WMSC Waste Management Steering Committee Practical Action Bangladesh Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Acknowledgement We are very much thankful to those who provided their valuable suggestion and time to complete the survey amidst political unrest prevailing during our survey. We like to express our gratitude to the honorable Mayor, Mr. Mahtab Ali Methu of Faridpur Municipality for his valuable time to share the initiatives. Furthermore, we would like to recall the name with honor of Mr Anisur Rahman Choudhury, Councilor Ward no. 2 & Vice-President of Waste Management Steering Committee for his enthusiastic support all through along with Mr Idris Ali Khan, Councilor Ward no. 4 & President 3 of Waste Management Steering Committee. We would like to dedicate all our efforts to the Head of Energy & Urban Services, Mr Uttam Kumar Saha who initiated the drive with a broad vision for a Sustainable Waste Management System in Faridpur Municipality and an access to a competitive Agro Market for compost The team likes to express sincere thanks to them for their assistances and supports in a roll of honor Mr Md Abul Kalam Azad ED, WORD Mr Nazrul Islam Coordinator, Waste Collection System, WORD ANM Fazlul Hadi Sabbir Secretary, SUP & Focal Person, IUD-II Project Apart From my desk, my heartiest thanks to all team members Mr Proshenjit Pal Field Coordinator, SUP Mr Nahid Rana Community Development Officer, SUP Mr Monjurul Islam Account & Field Officer, SUP Mr Mahobul Islam Senior Environment Officer, Practical Action Bangladesh Mr Fariduzzaman Engineer & Urban Planner, IUD-II, Practical Action Bangladesh Mr Delwar Hosssain Mechanical Engineer, Innovation Center, Practical Action Bangladesh Mr Ibrahim Khalilullah Environment Officer, IUD-II, Practical Action Bangladesh Mr Piarul Islam Technical Officer, IUD-II, Practical Action Bangladesh Mr Enamul Hossain Accounts Officer, Practical Action Bangladesh Practical Action Bangladesh Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Faridpur Municipality engaged only an NGO named WORD to provide door to door waste collection services and operation of Compost Plant since 2009. The objective of this paper is to carry out a comprehensive assessment of existing HH waste collection system by WORD and user satisfaction of compost so that necessary initiatives can be taken for 1. A sustainable waste management system in broader context covering the entire Municipal areas of its 25,941 HHs and 2. A developed and sustainable market chain for compost. 4 Considering 2 (two) indicators (1) Service Charge & (2) Behavior of waste collectors 66% respondents are satisfied with the services, 32% opine as average and only 2% are not satisfied. Reasons for dissatisfaction (1) Subscription = 2% HH (2) Irregular in service 14% and (3) Behavior of waste collectors = 3.3 % HH Willing to increase service charges for better management of waste 45% HH are found willing to contribute more, 30% HH were not willing to pay and 24% HH think existing system is ok. The main factor determining the “Willingness to Pay” is income. 754 HH with 3359 population of 11 settlements one of our major beneficiaries is not under this service. The service was discontinued due to non-payment of service charges as said by WORD authority. Communication & Coordination 13% HH said they communicate if they need, 54% HH said they don’t need to communicate or they didn’t face any such situation either. 16% HH don’t know about the facilities for emergency communication. 18% HH don’t feel they should communicate. They think it will be no use. HH Practice of waste dumping & Cleanliness 3% HH throw waste in pond ditches /drain, 1% throws scatterly, 1.33% in dustbin. The majority 29% HH keeps waste in basket till collected by waste collectors. Compost user satisfaction the users are satisfied and willing to use compost if supply is available. But the challenge is their understanding, information about the merits of using compost including price. Agro dealer opinion the fact is we didn’t make any initiative to create a market access of our product. What was happened just to distribute few tons of compost under a project. Under this situation it was very tough to make any such comments from the dealers which could serve our purpose. In fact dealers like to cooperate through a marketing drive from our end. Condition of Community Bins & Secondary dumping Stations both are in pitiable conditions. There are 8 secondary dumping stations constructed under UGIIP 2. Only two stations are being used by WORD. One station near Medical Collage is being used by Municipality where some clinical wastes are dumped. The rest 5 remained under lock. The scenario of community bins is not satisfactory. Most of them are broken and found unhygienic. In fact people are not willing to re-construct within their congested residential arrangements. Pictorial Annex-A Practical Action Bangladesh Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ We have 4 chapters in our report. In CAHPTER ONE we have covered survey on HH waste collection. CHAPTER TWO contains survey result on compost user and Agro Dealers, CHAPTER THREE contains a report on Plant assessment for further scope for development and Chapter overall management cycle with a view to strengthen WORD’s operation. In CHAPTER FOUR includes survey outline findings, recommendation and finished with a conclusion. 5 Snap Shot Practical Action Bangladesh Assessment of Waste Collection System Compost user & Market 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION Solid waste management is a burning issue in the context of urban environmental degradation. This paper tries to show the household behavior of Faridpur Municipality residents towards kitchen waste management. The paper is the outcome of a primary survey of 300 households covering 9 WARD of the Faridpur Municipality. It is one of the prime demands to develop a waste management system in Faridpur Municipality which comply with her vision 2030 to make a health environment for its residents. The task for 6 conservancy team of Municipality is very tough to cover its 22.39 territorial area with 25,941 HH, 1, 46, 921 populations and 15 km drains for a clean city. The compost plant was established in the year April 2008 by Practical Action Bangladesh and continues its operation till hand it over to WORD. Municipality firstly engaged SUP, then BFF & WORD together for HH waste collection. In the year 2009 Faridpur Municipality decided to engage WORD alone both for waste collection and operation responsibilities of the compost plant. Since then WORD made its challenging pathway and increase its HH area from 1539 to 3275 in 3 years, without any project subsidy. In fact, Municipality provided 10 more cycle van for waste collection during this time span. At this stage we feel the need for developing a sustainable, environment