Integrating the Informal Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Management

SWaCH cooperatives owned by fully owned workers came into being born in 2007 to provide front-end waste management services to Pune City, collect usage fees, signed an official memorandum of understanding with PMC in 2008, Collect objects

• SWaCH is the first legally successful success story of thousands of junk collectors in Pune, India, gathered to get recyclable garbage.

• Private contracts with waste management companies threaten the livelihood of waste pickers that rely on recyclable waste (paper, metal, plastic and glass) to earn livelihoods

• Cooperatives have 2, 300 (and growing) members who are engaged in the collection of Pune waste, a member of KKPKP or one of its families

• The municipal government will not pay members for this work, but will charge the citizens for the usage fee collected at the entrance. Selling waste is another source of their income

The cooperatives' members are responsible for garbage collection from 250 households to 350 household doors to doors. • The garbage collector separates garbage, organic garbage and dry garbage (plastic, glass, paper, etc.) from the generator. A garbage picker separates garbage and sells recyclable items

The garbage picker removes unrecyclable waste at city water supply points. Some SWaCH members provide composting services

• Cooperate with zero waste agents, green school programs, second-hand shops to raise the recycling rate and recover old clothes

V compost • Create and maintain compost pits in appropriate places provided by ordinary people

In the Kathmandu Valley, waste management is becoming an increasingly serious problem, and it is not possible to solve this problem by municipal efforts. In these areas, Denizens does not know the number of informal workers working in the solid waste sector, is concerned about public fears, the public fully respects their work to support municipal solid waste management Not. They can not cope with the collection of waste generated by respect in the city as well. Even if they contribute to the city 's solid waste management, they will be criticized, harassed and disrespected. Therefore, as part of municipal solid waste management, information on recyclable waste such as paper, plastic, metal, rubber etc. generated in homes, communities, and cities is indirectly sold or provided.

California's strong commitment to sustainability is reflected in its leadership in waste management. In the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, it is mandatory to minimize, reuse and recycle state-made solid waste in municipalities and counties before incineration or landfill disposal. In 2001, the California Integrated Waste Management Committee ordered that 50% of the waste be transferred to a landfill. San Francisco is one of the first cities to achieve this goal and is one of the pioneers in the establishment of regional laws to set higher targets and deadlines. In 2003, the San Francisco Environment Council aimed at zero waste by 2020. This is an ambitious goal, but many people want to know if it can be achieved.

In October 2000 the law on municipal waste disposal and management was adopted. Strategies for solid waste management include the establishment of urban master plan, training of local government officials, IEC and enlightenment, participation of community organization and NGO, establishment and operation of composting plant by NGO and private sector, composting development company nationwide Improvements. The ability of several national bodies to focus on commercial activities and the involvement of the private sector.