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Industrial Waste Management
Photo Caption: (L-R) Ms Veena Singh, ISHA Foundation; Mr Arjun Ranga, Chairman, CII Mysuru; Dr B Shivalingiah, Former Chairman, KSPCB; Mr B M Prakash, Environmental Officer, KSPCB & Mr Anantha Gowda, Convenor, HR Panel, CII Mysuru
Mysuru: To curb wastages, Japan is planning to ban one time use of materials including drinking water bottles
said B Shivalingaiah, Former Chairman, KSPCB
Speaking during Conference on ‘Industrial Waste Management’ organised by Confederation of Indian Industry in association with Department of Industries and Commerce and KSPCB here on Wednesday he said “People using water as a vehicle to throw their unwanted materials. Due to lot pollution in rivers includes Narmada, Ganga, Krishna and Cauvery, the life of river getting reduced. The rivers have become dumping place for many. Right from in the Hydrosphere, 3 percent of water are usable water while rest 97 percent of water not possible to use”.
Arjun Ranga, Chairman, CII said “If we stick to our current waste management practices, by 2047 India will require land of 1400 km2 which is equivalent to size of the Delhi. India’s urban population is currently at 32.8% that is 440 million is projected to go up to 590 million by 2030. An estimated 55 million tons of solid waste and approximately 6000 million cubic meters of liquid waste are generated annually in urban areas of India, which is increasing at the rate 1-1.5% per annum”.
“The quantum of industrial waste generation is also on a higher side. More than 8 million tons per annum is India’s present hazardous waste generation. Maharashtra (22.84%), Gujarat (22.68%) and Telangana and Andhra Pradesh put together (13.75%) are leading states in the country in hazardous waste generation, followed by Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Just these seven states, contribute to nearly 82% of the hazardous waste generated in the country. However, it has been estimated that there is a good potential for power generation (about 225 MW from all sewage and about 1460 MW from Municipal Solid Waste), of about 1700 MW. At present, only about 24 MW have been exploited, according to MNRE which is less than 1.5% of total potential. Recently there are increased concerns on E-waste. The current e-waste generation pattern is 1.7 million tons / annum, with an alarming growth rate of 15% each year. The major concern in terms of management of e-waste is, more than 90% of the available E-waste continued to be recycled in the informal sector, in the by-lanes of cities and towns. However, if recycled scientifically, 95-98% of the materials can be recovered and put back in the process of material flow. The business potential for e waste is estimated at about Rs 700 Crores" added Arjuna Ranga who is also the MD, Cycle Pure Agarbathies
B M Prakash, Environmental Officer, KSPCB, Mysuru who also spoke on the occasion said “In 2009, CII along with Pollution control board had undertaken some work on waste management in Nanjangud Industrial Area, during that time we have accessed in NIA how the waste generated is being utilized back and how much is going to landfill. After that no study is undertaken. The order of the day is industries are not showcasing their efforts there are lot of things which are changed. Lot of industries have very good technology in the areas of recycle and also zero discharge. They have these things in their respective website but not available for public. There is change in industry set up but they are not showcasing it. They should make use good platform including events like dhasara and industrial events to show the latest developments and initiatives taken in waste management”. He also called upon the industrialists to give more importance to non hazardous waste.
“The growing urbanization and pursuit for faster economic development need particularly in growing economies are leading to unprecedented growth in all kind of wastes- municipal including e waste and industrial hazardous and non hazardous wastes. The cities in developing economies have also been witnessing a growing among of sewage, large portion of which is discharged untreated in water bodies and this is largest source of their pollutions. While the countries in Europe and countries like Japan in Asia have been successful in maximizing resource recovering and waste recycling and thus diverting waste from landfills the cities in developing economies have been still struggle with source segregation of waste and setting up material recovery and waste recycling facilities and most of the waste still reaching the land sites. Today the total amount of waste generated annually worldwide is more than 4 billion tonnes, the municipal solid waste is between 1.6 to 2.0 billion tonnes. Waste recycling is one of the most important sectors in terms of employment creation and currently employee’s 12 million people in just three countries Brazil, China and the US”.
Participants from many industries from across the district took part in the daylong conference. Including 55 large scale industries, there are nearly 30,000 industries across the district. A Ramesh, Senior Envronmental Officer, KSPCB and Dr Sandeep Mudliar, Principal Scientist, CSIR /CFTRI also took part in the conference.
On the occasion over 100+ environmental heads of industries from Mysuru & Nanjangud pledged their support on the ongoing Rally for Rivers initiative by ISHA Foundation.
23 August 2017
Mysuru
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