Table of contents: Undertaking ii Disclaimer iii Acknowledgement iv List of figures viii List of tables ix List of boxes ix Abbreviation x Executive summary xii Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1 background 2 1.2 public participation in mswm 6 1.3 communities and public 7 1.4 people’s perception and what they should do 7 1.5 need of the study 8 1.6 research question 8 1.7 objectives 9 1.8 scope and limitation 9 1.9 methodology 10 Chapter 2. Literature review 11 2.1 municipal solid waste management system 12 2.2 status of swm in india 15 2.3 concept of zero waste 15 2.3.1 zero waste hierarchy 18 2.4 engagement of communities 19 2.5 case study of curitiba, brazil 19 2.5 case study of suryapet municipality, andhra pradesh 21 2.6 case study of zero waste management in south australia 22 2.6.1 history of zero waste sa 22 2.6.2 history of key policy initiatives 23 2.6.3 new strategies of south australia 23 2.6.4 strategies to achieve zero waste 24 2.7 policy intervention 25 2.7.1 policy interventions by government of india: 25 2.7.2 other initiatives introduced by government of india 26 2.7.3 msw rules 2000 27 2.7.4 service level benchmarking 28 Chapter 3. Public participation 31 3.1 concept of public participation 32 3.1.1 need of public participation 32 3.1.2 who is the “public”? 33 3.1.3 how, when, and where do we involve the public? 33 3.1.4 world bank approach 33 3.1.5 ways and forms of public participation 34 Chapter 4. Waste management scenario in india 35 4.1 present scenario 36 4.2 characteristics and composition of msw 36 4.3 actors involved in municipal solid waste management 37 4.3.1 formal sector 37 4.3.2 informal sector 37 4.4 major issues in solid waste management in india 38 Chapter 5. Waste management scenario in ahmedabad 40 5.1 about ahmedabad 41 5.2 an overview of solid waste management in ahmedabad 42 5.2.1 waste generation 42 5.2.2 collection and transportation 42 5.2.3 treatment and disposal 44 5.2.4 other initiatives by ahmedabad municipal corporation in swm sector 46 5.3 future planning of waste management 49 5.3.1 roadmap for zero waste ahmedabad 49 5.3.2 swm master plan upto 2031 51 5.4 key points and observations of existing solid waste management system 51 Chapter 6. Primary survey, results and inferences 55 6.1 study area 56 6.1.1 why vasna? 56 6.1.2 about vasna 56 6.1.3 collection system 58 6.1.4 organization setup 58 6.2 primary survey and data collection 59 6.3 survey results 68 6.4 survey result and study objectives 69 6.5 issues and loopholes 71 Chapter 7. Recommendations and conclusions 74 7.1 recommendations 75 7.1.1 mainstreaming of public participation 77 7.2 conclusion 83 Bibliography 86 Annexures 89