Zero Waste Pakistan Lets not waste our WASTE

1
Zero Waste Pakistan- Lets not waste our WASTE!

• Hammad Naqi Khan
• Director
• Freshwater and Toxics Programme
• WWF-Pakistan

2
Solid Waste Facts - Lahore

• Population Lahore 7 Million
  (approx.)
• Waste Amount 4000MT/C /D
• Generation Rate 0.55kg/c/d
• Collection ratio 60
• Total Sanitary Workers 6900
• Lifting Capacity (present) 2600 MT
• Lifting Capacity (deficiency) 1360 MT
• Storage Capacity (existing) 3000 MT
• Storage Capacity (required) 7000 MT

3
Composition of Solid Waste Lahore
4
Zero Waste Pakistan- Lets not waste our WASTE!
5
Aims and Objectives

• To develop a campaign for School children
  encouraging waste recycling and waste segregation
• To bring awareness among the society about solid
  waste and its adverse impacts
• To raise awareness through learning-by-doing
• To promote zero waste vision and help the local
  municipalities for solid waste management

6
Project Area

• 150 Schools of Lahore. 100 Private sector schools
  and 50 Government schools.
• Schools having at least 150 on roll students.
• School children of the age 8-16 years.

7
Partners and their roles

• WWF - Pakistan
• WWF-Pakistan is the largest conservation NGO of
  the country with a mission of
• Protecting species and their natural habitats
• Ensuring the use of renewable natural resources
  is sustainable
• Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful
  consumption of natural resources
• Contributing to the third aspect of the mission
  solid waste is a major issue where we can prevent
  the unnecessary and wasteful consumption of
  natural resources. Recycling of solid waste is a
  major activity that can be promoted in order to
  avoid the wasteful consumption of natural
  resources.
• WWF-P will coordinate the campaign and ensure the
  smooth running of all the tasks under the
  initiative, in collaboration with other partners.

8

• Waste Busters
• Waste Busters is a private waste collection
  company which, through its programmes, promote
  efficient waste management. As a partner of the
  campaign, they will be responsible for waste
  collection in schools that will come under this
  campaign, on weekly basis. Their personnel will
  issue a receipt to a selected coordinator,
  stating the quantity of waste generated.
• City District Government Lahore
• (CDGL) (Environment Department)
• CDGL has previously been involved in
  awareness raising activities, particularly with
  students. 50 schools that fall under CDGL have
  been included in the campaign and waste bins will
  be provided to them by WWF-Pakistan.

9

• Tulip Tissues
• Tulip is a tissue brand of Packages Limited.
  Tulip is concerned about maintaining a clean
  environment that promotes public health and
  prosperity. Tulip brand believes in the welfare
  of the citizens of Pakistan and therefore has
  become a partner with WWF-Pakistan in the Zero
  Waste Pakistan campaign to encourage activities
  that contributes to a healthier Pakistan.

10
Activities

• Outreach Campaign
• Dust bins placed near the school canteen
  marked with category Glass, metal and plastic on
  one, paper in the second and organic waste in the
  third bin.
• Literature developed for the zero waste
  campaign for schools
• Lectures for sensitization of waste
  segregation issues

11
Mobilization of schools and waste collection

• Students from all the schools identify the waste
  materials according to its category
  (Metals/Glass/Plastics, Paper, and organic), and
  to collect them in separate bins.
• Students even bring recyclables from their homes

12

• Students are provided the informative literature
  (Brochures and Activity Books)

• Lectures and Presentations are made to the
  students initially

13

• Each school will have volunteers as part of their
  environment clubs, who will be made responsible
  to supervise and coordinate the activity in their
  school
• Waste Busters, as a partner organization will
  collect the waste on a weekly basis and a receipt
  shall be issued to the school for the amount of
  waste collected in weight.

14
Activities of waste busters
15

• A record is maintained of the receipts to
  calculate the amount of waste collected at the
  end of each month.

16
Informative Literature
17
Inter school competition and awards for the
winners

• The school with the highest amount of recyclables
  generated per-capita/ student will be awarded
  trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes at the end
  of the term.
• If there is any extraordinary effort from nay
  student, then that student will be awarded with
  some individual prizes.

18
Further Activities

• Progress Meetings

19
Appreciation Certificate distribution
20
Future plans

• To enroll all schools of Lahore in the campaign
• To run similar activities in other regions
• To start similar projects in other communities
• To run a media campaign promoting Zero Waste

21
Thankyou