Residential Training Programme: Waste management: A cradle-to-cradle approach With focus on C&D waste management and dust control

Today, our consumption and disposal chain is linear -- resources are consumed and discarded. According to the Circularity Gap Report 2022, the world economy is only 8.6 per cent circular. Over half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials were taken from the earth in the last six years which is 70% more than what the earth can replenish. Construction sector plays a big role in this resource consumption while also generating dust. The current construction chain including construction and demolition (C&D) waste management, site management for dust control, planning and development of related infrastructure in most cities is resource-inefficient and environmentally insensitive. 

To curb these environmental impacts, the environment ministry issued guidelines for dust control from C&D activities as well as C&D waste management rules that were notified in 2016. However, as per CSE’s assessment, implementation of these and earlier regulatory interventions has been weak. The problem can be witnessed across cities enlisted under Swatch Bharat Mission 2.0 and non-attainment cities (NAC) in India. A combination of actions to green the entire C&D waste chain and bringing a circular approach in managing resources is the need of the hour. 

CSE invites applications for an on-site course on this subject. The course aims to equip construction managers/developers and urban local bodies (ULBs) with the necessary technical knowhow for efficient C&D waste management and dust mitigation at city and site levels. Areas ranging from regulatory frameworks, planning for infrastructure, progress reporting protocols as required under the National Clean Air programme (NCAP) and other monitoring frameworks will be covered in the training. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• Rules/guidelines for C&D waste management and dust control measures -- their respective adherences/non-compliances and case studies of cities.
• Legal, policy and administrative frameworks of C&D waste management including roles and responsibilities of actors involved.
• Waste estimation and extrapolation at city and site levels.
• Planning for infrastructure such as collection points, transfer stations, transportation routes, vehicle fleets, processing technologies, recycling site identification etc.
• Technology and techniques for onsite and offsite waste reduction/recycling
• Impact assessment and self-declaration responsibilities for the construction sector
• Effective construction management at sites for mitigation of dust/air pollution and waste management.
• Reporting and micro-action planning requirements for clean air based on various legal/administrative needs
• Good practices from Indian cities working on C&D waste and dust control.

Course Coordinator: 

Sayani Sen
Research Associate,
Sustainable Habitat Programme, CSE,
8240061255, 
sayani.sen@cseindia.org

Course Director:

Rajneesh Sareen
Programme Director
Sustainable Habitat Programme, CSE,
rajneesh.sareen@cseindia.org