Newsletter Vol. 3 Technical Cooperation Project for Strengthening the Capacity for Solid Waste Management in Ulaanbaatar City in Mongolia Content 1. Pilot Project for Waste Separation and Recycling 2. The 1st 3R Seminar 3. Important Event and Activity 4. Our New Mongolian Website It has been already 8 months since our project has improved. On the other hand, promotion of “3Rs” is been implemented. In the 3rd volume of our still untouched but important issues to be tackled in newsletter, we would like to introduce “the pilot near future. This PP aims to support MUB in project (PP) for waste separation and recycling” as selecting the most appropriate SWM system by one of our important project activities. showing several alternatives of 3Rs taking consideration of severe weather conditions and 1. Pilot Project for Waste Separation & social conditions of the city. Recycling This PP consists of the following three components; Background • PP1: Public cooperation PP on separate According to the M/P for Solid Waste Management storage and discharge (SWM) in the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB) which was formulated in 2007, the fundamental goal • PP2: Verification PP of separate collection is: “To establish an environmentally sound SWM system system in MUB by the target year of 2020” in which • PP3: Verification PP of separation system at system the concept of “3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and the landfill site Recycle)” is promoted and the following situation should be established. Overall Plan 1） Waste reduction is encouraged at the The basic policy for PP is as follows; generation source such as households and 1） First priority is to reduce waste discharge at business enterprises. generation sources. That is to say, the waste 2） Waste generated after the attempt of waste separation for community recycling will be reduction is reused or recycled as much as encouraged. possible. 2） Waste will be separated into two types, 3） Waste is properly collected only after the efforts recyclables and others. of waste reduction, reuse or recycling at the 3） Recyclables includes valuables such as PET, generation source, and recycled/treated, then Glass container & bottle, can and low quality finally disposed of in a proper manner without plastic and paper. negative environmental impacts. 4） Separate collection for recyclables and others 4） Such a SWM system will be established by will be introduced. However, residents, requiring the government sector, private sector watchmen, collection workers will be and general public to bear adequate encouraged to sell the valuables to the responsibilities under a transparent and fair rule recyclers in order to reduce the amount of is achieved. waste transported to NEDS. Since 2007, in the UB city, the development of 5） Sorting yard which is called “Narangiin Enger infrastructure such as procurement of waste Recycling Complex (NERC)” will be collection trucks and construction of new disposal constructed in NEDS. Those valuables (PET, site applying the sanitary land filling system has Glass container & bottle, can) and RPF been achieved, while at the same time the software materials (low quality paper and plastic) will be system such as establishment of WSF and sorted there. strengthening the organization for SWM has been The flow of separate discharge & collection selected to compare the cost (cost for separation according to the above basic policy is shown below. and for collection) and the benefits (the amount of valuables collected and the amount of sale of valuables) of each collection system, so that people st 2. The 1 3R Seminar would understand whether or not there is the significance to introduce separate collection for the UB city. This PP will be implemented after the source Since 2007, MUB has been taking several separation by residents has been successfully measures in achieving first step, which is to established to some extent in the PP1 of public cooperation on separate storage and discharge. remove wastes from living area and disposed of PP3: Verification PP of Separation System at the in a manner without negative environmental In Landfill Site This PP aims to compare the cost and benefit of; ① simple hand sorting system which is equipped only Current Progress of 3 PPs with concrete + scattering prevention fence, and ② simple semi-mechanical sorting system which is PP1: Public Cooperation PP on Separate equipped with hopper and belt conveyor in order for Storage and Discharge Waste Pickers (WPs) to collect valuables from This PP aims to verify the degree of public wastes at the landfill. cooperation on separate storage and discharge There are about 250 while at the same time developing the capacity of WPs collecting C/P in raising public awareness through interacting valuables now in NEDS with residents in the Apartment area. for making their own In selection of the target khoroo for PP, various living. They are conditions such as willingness to improve SWM and planned to work for cooperate for PP by district governor and deputy sorting valuables as governor and willingness to compensate additional soon as a sorting yard cost for separate collection by khoroo governor were has been constructed. examined. As a result, four target khoroos; khoroo # It can be helpful for 5 and #7 of SBD and khoroo #1 and #7 of BZD were WPs to work in a safer selected. and sanitary environment and also At present, we are organizing weekly meeting for the NEDS itself to inviting the representative of Apartment Owner’s do sanitary land filling Union (AOU) in each more efficiently. Aiming target khoroo. We at systematization of have decided that WPs, the weekly meeting is being held now so that first of all we would the recyclables sorting can be immediately started work on 1) after completion of a sorting yard. improvement of waste discharging manner by residents, Schedule of Waste Separation & Recycling PP 2009 2010 2011 2) improvement of Description collection manner by 1112123456789101112123456789101112 Preparation Implementation Stage collection service Planning for PP providers, and 3) Waste Storage and Discharge improvement of 1.Improvement of Discharge Manner 2.Waste Separation at Generation Source(valuables & others) waste separation at 3.Waste Separation at Generation Source(recyables & others) (Public education(implementation) source to promote Separate Collection of Waste 1.Improvement of Collection Manner(point collection with fixed schedule) community recycling, 2.Improvement of Collection Efficiency 3.Separate Collection of Recyclables and then the next (preparation) (implementation) Sorting Operation at NERC step of separate 1.Construction of Sorting Facility 2.Sorting Operation for Mixed Collection Waste collection will be introduced. 3.Sorting Operation for Separated Collection Waste PP2: Verification PP of Separate Collection Monitoring Evaluation and Recommendation System * Valuables: PET, Glass bottle, can, clearn paper etc. In this PP, ①separate collection area and ②mixed * Recyclables: Valuables + RPF materials(low quality paper & plastic) collection area from the Apartment area will be 3. The 1st 3R Seminar level, if RPF has been mixed few percent as “The first 3R seminar" was held in the Ulaanbaatar replacing with coal. Actually, the RPF increases the hotel on April 14 for the following purposes; efficiency combustion of the fuel. However, the project will not recommend for heating plants to 1) To obtain the understanding and agreement on use a fuel consisted only from RPF. the contents of the PP from the stakeholders, In relation to the 2) To share the important experiences of the waste separation for stakeholders to promote the 3Rs activities in community recycling, order to reduce disposal amount and enhance the representative of recycling, the Research 3) To exchange opinions among stakeholders in Institute of Public order to promote the 3Rs in UB city. Sanitation emphasized the About 90 persons including representatives of necessity of related ministries, EPWMD, CMPUA, WSF and complete separation of wastes before collection PSD of district government, and AOU’s director of and recommended to educate housewives, each target khoroo for PP, NGO, and the mass children and the public on sorting wastes at the media, participated in the seminar. generation sources in order to achieve good After presentation results. of opening In the session of workshop, at first EPWMD remarks from explained the current conditions of waste Japanese side discharging manner and problems in the UB city, (JICA) and then the group discussion by each of the 4 target Mongolian side khoroos has been (MUB), EPWMD made addressing the explained the issues on how to details on PP for improve the waste waste separation discharging manner and recycling and and collection continuously the manner, and how to khoroo governor of promote source SBD 7 made a separation for presentation about community recycling. the experiences and challenges of All of the AOU their community representatives took recycling. active parts in discussion and In the session of questions and answers for the exchanged various presentation on the PP, the representative from opinions. After that, Gender Centre for the result of the Sustainable discussion was Development presented by the (NGO) asked; “Is representatives of there any each group. countermeasures to the toxic gas Each khoroo differs derived from in the methods of combustion of discharging waste RPFs 1 as they are produced from papers and according to whether plastics?” In reply to her questions, JET informed the apartment has a the participants about results of the PP conducted dust chute or not. Also, the collection method is during the Development Study on production of different according to the collection providers and RPF for the heating plant of Nalaikh district. collection trucks. Moreover, there are khoroos in According to the results of PP during Development which the source separation has been already Study, quality of exhausted gasses were implemented to some extent and khoroos in which investigated and it was within the permission the problem of discharging manner of business entities is more serious than that of apartment residents.