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Rapid urbanization and rising consumption of goods make waste management in India a massive challenge. Urban India produces 62 million metric tonnes (MMT) of municipal solid waste every year, 31 MMT of which is dumped in landfills and dumpsites. Figures for recycling are abysmal; for instance, only 1.5 percent of e-waste is recycled. Mixed-waste collection patterns add to the challenge of plastic-waste management. The need of the hour is to shift the focus of waste management towards source segregation, recycle and reuse.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working on policy and implementation with regard to waste management at the national and global levels. In 2016, it published Not in My Backyard, a seminal report on the existing status of waste management in the country

The Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI), a CSE initiative, recognizes the need to segregate, recycle and reuse, and offers an advanced five-day training programme on ‘Integrated Waste Management’. The objective of the programme is to provide a better understanding of the key aspects of management of solid, plastic, biomedical, construction and demolition (C&D), and e-waste; technologies involved in their treatment; legislative framework; and stakeholders involved.

COURSE DURATION: November 20 to 24, 2018

COURSE VENUE Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (a Centre for Science and Environment initiative), Nimli (near Alwar), Tijara, Rajasthan

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• Status of waste management in India
• Major provisions of the new Waste Management Rules, 2016 and the status of their implementation
• Roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders
• Inventorisation and extended producer responsibility
• Decentralised waste management
• Using information, education and communication for behaviour change
• Site visits to learn about best practices 

WHO CAN APPLY
Waste management practitioners, officials from central and state urban departments and municipalities, urban and town planners, village panchayat officials and members, academicians, students, and NGO representatives.

COURSE FEES: 25,500/- INR (Includes Tuition fee, Course material, Boarding and lodging, Transport from New Delhi to AAETI and back) (scholarships available for students)

FACULTY: Experts from MoEF&CC, CPCB, Technical experts, CSE and other Civil society institutions

LAST DATE FOR APPLYING: November 10, 2018

FOR DETAILS CONTACT: 

Dinesh Raj Bandela
Deputy Programme Manager
Environmental Governance 
Centre for Science and Environment
Mobile: +91 8800721020
Email: dinesh.bandela@cseindia.org

With industrialization and development, there is a growing concern over the hazardous waste generation. The levels of dangerous wastes continue to grow. Industries and individuals continue to be largely unaware of this major environmental problem. With pitiable landfill management facilities there is a growing concern over the management of hazardous waste.

Centre for Science and Environment recognises this need and has developed a hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on hazardous waste with specific reference to characterization of hazardous waste, design of landfill, incinerator facilities and hazardous waste
manangement.

The programme will cover:

1. Exposure to the status of hazardous waste in India
2. Characterisation, recycle and reuse of hazardous waste
3. Understanding of hazardous waste management governing laws in the country
4. Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of hazardous waste
5. Design of a landfill site, incineration and best practices involved
6. Good practices involved in the management of hazardous waste
7. National and international best practices

SCHEDULE

Course Duration:

Date: June 24-28, 2013

Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062

Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily

Course fee: Rs 9,900 (For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students

Last Date for Applying: June 18, 2013

For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org

OPEN FOR:
NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority), Environment Consultants, Students, Decision Makers and Industries

A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the programme.

COURSE CONTACT

Swati Singh Sambyal, Industry & Environment Unit
Industry & Environment Unit, Centre for Science and Environment
Tel: + 91-11-29955124/ 6110, Extension: 281, |
Fax: + 91-11-29955879 Mob. No.: +91 9910496283
E-mail: swati@cseindia.org

Dear All,

Centre for Science and Environment  has developed a hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on hazardous waste with specific reference to characterization of hazardous waste, design of landfill, incinerator facilities and hazardous waste
manangement.

The programme will cover:

1. Exposure to the status of hazardous waste in India
2. Characterisation, recycle and reuse of hazardous waste
3. Understanding of hazardous waste management governing laws in the country
4. Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of hazardous waste
5. Design of a landfill site, incineration and best practices involved
6. Good practices involved in the management of hazardous waste
7. National and international best practices

SCHEDULE

Course Duration:

Date: January 28-30, 2013

Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062

Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily

Course fee: Rs 8,000 (For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students

Last Date for Applying: January 20, 2013

For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org

OPEN FOR:
NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority), Environment Consultants, Students, Decision Makers and Industries

A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the programme.

COURSE CONTACT

Swati Singh Sambyal, Industry & Environment Unit
Industry & Environment Unit, Centre for Science and Environment
Tel: + 91-11-29955124/ 6110, Extension: 281, |
Fax: + 91-11-29955879 Mob. No.: +91 9910496283
E-mail: swati@cseindia.org

Training Programme on Hazardous Waste Management

With industrialization and development, there is a growing concern over the hazardous waste generation. The levels of dangerous wastes continue to grow.  Industries and individuals continue to be largely unaware of this major environmental problem. With pitiable landfill management facilities there is a growing concern over the management of hazardous waste.

Centre for Science and Environment recognises this need and has developed a hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on hazardous waste with specific reference to characterization of hazardous waste, design of landfill, incinerator facilities and hazardous waste manangement.

The programme will cover:

1. Exposure to the status of hazardous waste in India

2. Characterization ,recycle and reuse of hazardous waste

3. Understanding of hazardous waste management governing laws in the country

4. Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of hazardous waste

5. Design of a landfill site, incineration and best practices involved

6. Good practices involved in the management of hazardous waste

7. National and international best practices

Schedule

Course Duration:

Date: January 28-30, 2012

Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062

Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily

Course fee: Rs 8,000 (For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students)

Last Date for Applying: January 20, 2013

For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org

Open For:
NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, state environment impact assessment authority, Environment Consultants, Students, decision makers and Industries A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the programme.

Course Contact

Swati Singh Sambyal, Research Associate
Industry & Environment Unit, Centre for Science and Environment
Tel: + 91-11-29955124/ 6110, Extension: 281, |
Fax: + 91-11-29955879 Mob. No.: +91 9910496283
E-mail: swati@cseindia.org

from The Indian Express' Ahmedabad edition of Sept 6

CONSTRUCTION of residential complexes close to hazardous waste treatment facilities in the Vatva and Naroda industrial areas ofAhmedabad has evoked sharp reactions from both the Central and state governments,with the latter seeking cooperation from the municipal authorities on the issue.

As per national guidelines,a radius of 500 metres around hazardous waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) has to be maintained as bufferzone because of possible dangers like leakage of toxic substances.

While the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) had issued criminal notices against the developers ofthese residential complexes several months ago, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) recently enquired with the GPCB about the status of the case.

But the stage of these constructions —officials say many people have either moved in or bought flats —has made reaching a final decision difficult for the authorities.

“The main problem is that many people have already moved in or bought flats in these residential complexes.We might have to take a considerate view because these people did not know about the environmental provisions. That has made reaching a decision very difficult,”said a senior official on condition of anonymity.

Officials from the GPCB and the state Department of Environment and Forests(DoEF) said meetings have been held with the civic body and a decision would be taken within a week.

The inquiry follows a series of letters sent by Vadodara-based environmentalist Rohit Prajapati to the Union Minister, ministry officials,the state environment department and pollution control boards at both the central and state levels.

Prajapati had threatened approaching the judiciary if action was not taken.

The DoEF recently said it has  issued notices to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation under the Environment Protection Act,1986 regarding these constructions.

“This issue istaken up very seriously bythis department and it isdecided to have further jointmeetings with all concernedauthorities,” the DoEF said in a letter.

important observations and questions: 

1. Would the people who have already moved in value their money or their lives more? or in another way, would they take the possibility of a hazardous waste accident seriously? Have they learned from, in the extreme case, incidents like the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

2. It was quite clear that when Prajapati first wrote these letters, these complexes were still empty. Perhaps a few people had bought flats, but the fact is, at least the one in Vatva was uninhabited. I saw that with my own eyes. 

3. Since guidelines require a buffer zone to be maintained, is the operator of the waste treatment facility responsible for not having demarcated that? or is the govt responsible for not having made sure the zone was maintained? Or still another question, were the builders to be blamed for not checking first these guidelines when they could well see the treatment plants well before they started construction? Should the people who bought flats have been more careful before investing their hard earned money?