1. Zero Waste Management: Vellore Model of C. Srinivasan
Suryaprakash Kompalli
AID-Bangalore

2. Site 1 Rhusa Hospital 8-10 women employed
Every student is contributing 50 ps/day which turns to a huge amount of Rs.30, 000/month
Waste segregated into 17 coarse categories, and then into 132 items
Compost creation: Vermi-compost fluid sold at Rs.2 per packet (What is cost of packet?)
Video

3. Site 2 National environment management training & research centre
4.5 acres land with a long lease
Sponsored by Ford, Delhi
Portable meeting room that can support upto 100 people
Cost: Rs.96/sq.ft

4. Site 3: Vellore Institute of Technology
Employs 36 people
Rs.1 lakh+ is got by selling the segregated wastes. Money will be utilized within the employed unit for salaries and excess is used for upgrading tools. Year end, nearly Rs. 4 lakhs+ is got per month!!
Vegetable and food wastes from the hostel and canteen acts as a food to the herd of campus cattle
8 tonnes of waste per day accounting to close to 250 tonnes of waste in a month

5. Site 4: Vellore bus stand
Sealed for 18 years without maintenance
Collector declared it as “Bus stand”; 35 appointed initially
zero waste managed initiated and 118 women employed
Cattle shed and small yard with ducks to process garbage: Ducks video; Cattle shed video
Rain water harvesting system
Income: Rs 4.5 lakhs/month.
Discontinued after transferring to municipality

6. Site 6: CMC Hospital 8 tonnes of garbage/day
250 employees in 17 groups working full time in a self-sustained environment

7. Additional questions What is the population of Vellore?
How many homes do we cover?
Cost of living
What is the net profit generated from recycling waste?
Site 1 CMC: Rs.30, 000/month is this sufficient, or is additional funding needed?
Site 3 VIT: 1 lakh/month
Site 4: Mentions 4.5 lakh/month, in 39 months Rs.1.37 crores