| Author | Kulkarni, Raakhee S. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-98-10 |
| Subject(s) | Compost industry--Marketing|xIndia--Hyderabad
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The solid wastes generated in the urban areas have been increasing at alarming rates in
the last few years. The major portion of these wastes is organic waste. Resources are
present in these wastes and if tapped properly could be put to proper use. One such use is
the conversion of organic manure into fertilizer. However the practice of the local bodies
is to lift the waste and dump in into the dumping grounds.
The present study aims at finding out the market potential for compost made from urban
organic waste in the city of Hyderabad, India. It also looks into the efforts that could b
undertaken by the local body, private sector, and NGO's to produce compost and market
it. For this Bangalore has been taken as the city for best practices. Lessons drawn from
the successful implementation of the composting initiatives in Bangalore are incorporated
in the proposed strategy and recommendations for the initiatives that needs to be taken in
the case of Hyderabad. The recommendation for this study has been a strategy with the
help of various stakeholders and their insertion into specific steps of the composting
processes. For this, stakeholder analysis has been done initially to understand the role of
each stakeholder and their contributions in the composting activity. An action line has
been proposed that would help in finding out a niche for the urban organic waste derived
compost in Hyderabad. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Zimmermann, Willi; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Frankel, Richard ;Buchel, Bettina; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Regional Housing and Urban Development
Office (RUDO) ;United States Agency for
International Development (USAID); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1999 |