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July-September,
2014
Volume
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Dear Friends, Welcome to the maiden
issue of the Quarterly ‘SYCOM’s Green Letter’ for the period July–
September, 2014. We hope that you will find this useful update on our
recent activities. We would like to thank all our stakeholders, clients,
well-wishers and the Sycom Team who made it possible by providing continuous
support and useful information. In this issue, we bring
you a brief analysis of ‘Role of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in
E-Waste Management’ – a new concept in the Indian E-Waste Management context,
focusing in study area of Delhi and NCR; a dissertation carried out by our
colleague Aditya Bisht. Our team has taken up the issue of ‘Odour
Management’ in the Municipal Solid Waste Management sector in the right
earnest. Apart from the most visible & prominent form of pollution that
we encounter in our daily lives i.e. the sight of Garbage, its Odour still
remains the major irritant and a cause of concern for the citizens and the
Urban Local Bodies alike. Our team has taken up
several research projects and is now preparing for a pilot project involving
both the Odour monitoring as well as mitigation measures at the Secondary
Storage and the Landfill sites. - Shabarni Roy Chowdhury (Editor) |
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Mr. Pradeep
Dadlani Director |
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Ms. Shabarni
R.Chowdhury Sr. Project
Executive |
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TOFT PUG AUDIT Sycom TOFT PUG Audit is an environmental audit
which is aiming to verify and validate best wilderness accommodation
practices. Till date around 58 audits have been conducted in 17 different
National Parks and Tiger reserves. From July to September 2014 four audits
have been performed including a cruise audit at the Sunderban Tiger Reserve,
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Mr. Dibakar
Jha Sr. Project.
Executive |
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RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION ON ODOUR MANAGEMENT With growing population, industrialization and
urbanization Odour problem has become a serious issue which needs an
immediate attention. There is a dire need to monitor and control odour from
different segments of Municipal Solid Waste Management System. Sycom team is
investigating to find out ‘A complete solution of Odour removal from
Municipal Solid Waste Management Stream’. Sycom’s Team attended a seminar at
CPCB on “Interaction on ‘Measures in Odour Management’. Our Director Mr. Pradeep Dadlani gave a presentation
on the topic of ‘Odour Management in MSW Landfill site’. Sycom have also
formed a strategic consortium with two
companies, one as a manufacturer of equipment for Odour measurement
and other a manufacturer of Odour removal products. A pilot project is being
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SUMMER
INTERNSHIP TRAINING This year Sycom had five summer interns out of
which one was from Guru Gobind Sigh Indraprastha University, two from
Kurukshetra University and two from Amity University. All were working in
different topics like Odour
Management, Healthcare Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Eco Tourism
Certification, E-waste etc. In addition, two dissertation projects by the
students from Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University in the period
January to July, 2014 on topics
“Sustainable and Integrated Growth Model: City Innovation through PPP
approach for Urban Waste Management” and “Development of Eco-Tourism
Certification Criteria and Indicators: A tool for Accommodation Providers for
promoting Sustainable Tourism in India” were sponsored by SYCOM. The research
projects were supported by us through our expert-inputs as well as
financially |
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Mr. Aditya
Bisht Project
Executive |
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TRAINEE AT SYCOM |
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Ms. Chindu
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GHAZIPUR LANDFILL SITE VISIT SYCOM Team visited the Ghazipur landfill site for
their ongoing research of Solid waste management as well as Odour Management.
They interacted with the concerned Technical staff at the landfill site. We
are really thankful to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation in this regard
for facilitating this initiative.
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2014 CELEBRATION Sycom Projects Consultants Private Limited and
Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University jointly organized a “Brainstorming
Interactive Session, on the occasion of World Environment Day, 2014” at GGSIP
University, Dwarka. Eminent speakers like Mridula Tangarila from Taj Safaris,
Rakesh Solanki from COO DWM, Ms Laxmi Raghupati- Ex Director MOEF, Mr. Rajesh
Ranjan Assistant Management – Jagran Pahel highlighted their view in the
seminar. Our events have been covered by Hindi Newspaper “Dainik Jagran”, English News papers like “Dainik City Plus” and “The
Pioneer”
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Ms. Poem Sherawat,
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Ms. Ekta
Sharma, M.Sc. (Env. Science) Kurukshetra
University |
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Mr. Octyanto Bagus Indra Kusuma, M.Sc. (NRM), GGSIPU |
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PRESENTATION
ON “CLIMATE CHANGE, FAMINES AND FOOD CRISIS” SYCOM’s
Director Mr Pradeep Dadlani visited Yokohama, Japan in July, 2014 for
Co-Chairing the joint session on “Climate Change, Famines and Food Crisis:
Participation, organizational democracy and self Management” and also
presented a paper on “Sustainable Urban Development for Poor”.at the XVIIIth
World Congress at the ISA. |
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A significant waste type and toxic legacy of our
digital age is e-waste. This waste stream now becomes a serious global
concern as these are harming and polluting the total chain of ecosystem
around the world. To shifts the e-waste management responsibility upstream in
the product life cycle to the producer and away from municipalities and
general taxpayers, a policy approach popularly known as “Extended Producer
Responsibility”, which was officially formulated on 1990 in the Western World
Europe. Thus research has been carried out to define the status and role of
EPR in the E-waste Management in the area of Delhi and NCR region. In this
regards information were collected through various meetings, personnel
interviews and conferences with various stakeholders in the E-waste chain
like Producers, NGO’s, Authorized Collectors, Recyclers, Consumers, Funding
agencies, Regulatory Bodies and Policy Makers.
Also, no strict actions have been initiated
against any of the defaulting companies by the regulatory agencies. Most
SPCBs have not set up any mechanism in their respective States to monitor the
collection and processing units. There are also huge gaps in e-waste
compliance between India and the rest of the world. Most International
companies have a global policy on their E waste management and demonstrate
responsible behaviour by setting up efficient systems/models like Individual
Producer Responsibility (IPR) or Collective Producer Responsibility (CPR)
abroad but in India, they have a totally different approach. The
effective application of the EPR policy in India is a key to a successful
E-Waste Management Model & hence it requires dire attention from all
stakeholders. |
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TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE DISTRICT PROJECT MANAGER/HOSPITAL MANAGER, CBWTF
OPERATORS, REGULATORY AUTHORITY ETC Under the World Bank project of Uttarakhand
Health System Development Project, Sycom’s director Mr. Pradeep Dadlani
conducted training and capacity
building programme of different stakeholders such as District Project
Managers under the NRHM programme, Hospital Managers etc. and interacted
closely with the Regulatory Authorities such as State Pollution Control Board
officials and others. The objective of this assignment was to provide overall
aspects of Healthcare Waste Management System including issues with regard to
infection control and waste management, compliance with regulatory framework,
Implementation issues, Training of Personnel and Monitoring & Evaluation. |
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CARTOON/CARICATURE
DRAWING COMPETION SYCOM also organized a
Cartoon/Caricature Drawing Competition in association with
‘NAVANUBHUTI’. The major objective of
this competition was to create awareness not through serious preaching but in
a more friendly and light manner through Cartoons and Caricatures. A number of entries from different
age-groups were received each having a story to tell about Environment,
imagination of worst world if we do not take appropriate steps towards
conservation of nature and natural habitats. Among them the three best
entries were awarded with certificates and prizes. |
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We would also like to place on record and the appreciation for the
other summer interns and Research Associates who completed their training
with us in July 2014. The topics of their Summer/dissertation projects are as
follows:
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For any Information/suggestions, please
contact: SYCOM PROJECTS
CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD H-22, Jangpura Extn. New Delhi-110014 F|P: 011-24329452, 43580268,9810529609
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