Solid Waste Management In Vavuniya

ENS 516 Land Pollution and Solid and Hazardous Waste Management K.S.Sivanesan PGIS

Municipal Solid Waste • “Include all domestic refuse and non-hazardous

wastes such as commercial and institutional wastes, street sweepings and construction debris”

United Nations Conference on Environment and

Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 14, 1992

Solid waste management

Producers: •Collection and treatment of waste within the Producers Responsibility

Waste generator:•Households: Separation and leave/transport waste at indicated collection points•Companies/Industries: Handling of own generated waste

Municipalities:•Collection and treatment of municipal waste •Information to households

GovernmentSupervisory Authorities

Main processes of solid waste mangement

Waste generation Waste handling & Separation ,storage &Processing at

source Collection Separation & Processing and transformation of Solid

wastes Transfer and transport Disposal

In Vavuniya………. Number of population is 171511 The collection, transportation, treatment and disposal

of municipal waste are normally administered by the local government in Vavuniya.

Waste from our homes is generally collected by our UC through regular waste collection twice a week

. about 87.6 tons of waste is collected daily collections for dumping without any separation. Market area waste is collected daily and sends off to

the compost making center Veppankulam area.

As a result solid waste is openly dumped in a Pampaimadu dumping site.

Open dumping and burning of domestic and industrial waste is a common phenomenon in Vavuniya

the open burning of waste leads to toxic releases to both ground water and air.

Stablization pond and dumpsite are present in Pumpaimadu.

Main Effects……..Green house gas emission.

Chances to spreading diseases .

Ground water can affect .

Forest degrading.

Bad odors.Particular matter.

REASONS FOR IMPROPER MANAGEMENT OF WASTE

Lack of planning for waste management while planning townships.

Lack of proper institutional set up for management, planning and designing in urban local bodies waste.

Lack of expertise and exposure to city waste management using modern techniques / best practices.

Lack of Management Information Systems

Lack of technically trained manpower

Lack of community involvement

REASONS FOR IMPROPER MANAGEMENT OF WASTE

Lack of awareness and educationDifficult in finding suitable lands for viable and

sustainable SWM managementLack of accountability in service deliveryLack of resources for capital investmentLack of technical know how of most of local authoritiesWeak and slow financial resources mobilization, poorly

defined budgetsNo proper disposal facilitiesLack of political commitment at all levels of

government.

Referenceshttp://www.actlanka.org/2009/07/act-and-waste-management/ http://www.whosrilanka.org/LinkFiles/Emergency_Health_Action_EHA_Situation_Report_25_Jun_2009.pdf http://helpo-srilanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2011-HELP-O-January-Newsletter-.pdfInformation from the UC PHI