A Template for Solid Waste Management Planning

Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj,

Government of Tamil Nadu
 TAMIL NADU – STATE RURAL PROFILE

37 37 12,525 79,395
4,84,17,701 388

Total Rural Population Number of Rural Number of Blocks Number of Village Number of
(Current) Districts Panchayats /Rural Habitations
Local Bodies

1,23,68,156 690 278 11557

Number of rural Peri-Urban Hilly Villages Other Villages

households Villages
 WASTE MANAGEMENT PROFILE OF RURAL TAMIL NADU

Total Waste Generation Wet Waste

2,695 TPD
4145 MT/day
Current Waste Processing Method
Dry Waste
1,450 TPD Home Composting,
Biogas at HH level, Community
Biodegradable
Compost pits, Vermicompost
Thooimai Kaavalars waste center, Micro Composting Centre,
engaged Gobardhan Plant
in SWM activities
Solid Waste

Non-Biodegradable Segregation cum storage shed,

66,130
waste Plastic Waste Management Unit

Type of Processing Micro Segregation Plastic Waste

Composting Vermicompost
infrastructure Composting cum storage Management GOBAR-dhan
Pits units
available Centres shed Units
Numbers 17,991 7,447 287 7,978 285 80
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 1.Environmental Preservation:
Improper SWM leads to pollution and disease vectors.
Effective SWM preserves natural resources and
biodiversity.
NEED
2.Public Health:
Inadequate waste management threatens public health.
FOR A Strategic SWM minimizes health risks, enhancing rural
well-being.
STRATEGY 3.Resource Recovery and Circular Economy:
SWM unlocks resource recovery, recycling, and
economic value through a circular economy.

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 Scope of the plan for solid waste management

This strategic plan is specifically tailored to the unique challenges mentioned below in solid waste
management in Tamil Nadu

Public Awareness and Education: Lack of awareness Waste Minimisation

hinders community involvement and cooperation.
Waste Segregation
Waste Segregation: Limited understanding and
cooperation leads to mixed waste streams.
Waste Collection &
Transportation
Non-biodegradable Waste Processing: Improper
disposal of materials like plastic and glass. Waste
Processing

Human Resources Planning: Shortage of workforce in Waste

Recycling
rural waste management.
Land
fills
Efficient Route Planning and Clustering: Absence of
route planning and clustering challenges.

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Classification
of
Solid Waste

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 Waste Minimization

As a step toward waste minimisation Tamil Nadu has banned Single Use
Plastics (SUPs) the following initiatives have been taken up

• Namma Ooru Superu campaign

Emphasising the adverse environmental impacts of SUPs
Encourage the adoption of eco-friendly alternatives like cloth
bags through the Meendum Manjappai program.

• Effective enforcement of the SUP ban, it is imperative that the

Additional Collectors (ACs)/Project Directors (PDs) ensure monthly
plastic raids on all shops and commercial establishments in their
district

• Plastic buyback policy - Plastic is purchased at the rate of Rs. 10 per

kg in the Collection Centres/ Plastic Waste Management Units
managed by SHGs. After purchase, the plastic waste is shredded and
sold to DRDAs at the cost of Rs.35/- per kg.

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 Waste Segregation
MCF/RRF/
Segregation
Sheds Households Biodegradable
Waste

Segregation
Segregation
Secondary

Primary
As per the market
demand from Non
Authorised recyclers Biodegradable
Waste

Domestic
hazardous and
sanitary
Waste 8
Waste Collection - what do you want to collect and how often?

1. Category A 2. Category B 3. Category C

Villages of rural nature with a

Peri-urban panchayats
Villages of rural nature large population or with factors
Wet Waste: rendering them unable to be
Wet Waste: Composting Door-to-door classified as category A.
at households/own collection by
Thooimai Kaavalars Wet Waste: Door-to-door
premises.
every day. collection by Thooimai
Dry Waste: Door-to-door Dry Waste: Kaavalars every day.
collection by Thooimai Door-to-door
Kaavalars twice a week, collection by Dry Waste: Door-to-door
on days determined by Thooimai Kaavalars collection by Thooimai
the Panchayat Council. every day Kaavalars every day

Existing facilities will be An MCC and

Existing facilities will be
maintained. If MRF/RRF are to be
maintained. If unavailable,
unavailable, MCF are to set up.
MCF and MRF/RRF are to be
be set up.
set up.

Note: Bulk waste generators in all the panchayats will handle the waste within their premises 9
 Categorisation of Village Panchayats
S. No.of panchayats in category No.of panchayats in category
Name of District S. No. Name of District
No. A B C Total A B C Total
1 ARIYALUR 128 4 69 201 20 RANIPET 65 19 204 288
2 CHENGALPATTU 284 45 30 359 21 SALEM 198 34 153 385
3 COIMBATORE 191 11 26 228 22 SIVAGANGAI 323 6 116 445
4 CUDDALORE 514 34 135 683 23 TENKASI 44 19 158 221
5 DHARMAPURI 202 7 42 251 24 THANJAVUR 347 26 216 589
6 DINDIGUL 217 18 71 306 25 THE NILGIRIS 16 0 19 35
7 ERODE 103 31 91 225 26 THENI 66 3 61 130
8 KALLAKURICHI 306 2 104 412 27 THOOTHUKKUDI 311 7 85 403
9 KANCHEEPURAM 197 32 45 274 28 TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 260 42 102 404
10 KANNIYAKUMARI 54 25 16 95 29 TIRUNELVELI 60 15 129 204
11 KARUR 56 7 94 157 30 TIRUPATHUR 156 7 45 208
12 KRISHNAGIRI 308 13 12 333 31 TIRUPPUR 99 41 125 265
13 MADURAI 280 19 121 420 32 TIRUVALLUR 442 63 21 526
14 MAYILADUTHURAI 127 12 102 241 33 TIRUVANNAMALAI 277 22 561 860
15 NAGAPATTINAM 125 7 61 193 34 TIRUVARUR 246 13 171 430
16 NAMAKKAL 33 16 273 322 35 VELLORE 120 27 100 247
17 PERAMBALUR 79 8 34 121 36 VILUPURAM 370 22 296 688
18 PUDUKKOTTAI 411 8 78 497 37 VIRUDHUNAGAR 258 16 176 450
19 RAMANATHAPURAM 372 9 48 429 Total 7,645 690 4,190 12,525
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 Collection Vehicles : How many do you need?
• The existing assets available in panchayat are not sufficient to collect the waste generated daily or weekly
twice (In the case of Category A panchayat)
• The number of battery-operated vehicles required in each panchayat based on the category and existing
assets is calculated based on the formula below
Category A - No Wet Waste - Twice a Week
[No. of properties as per VPtax - (BoVs*350 + Tricycle*100 +Tractor*500+LMVs*500+Pushcart*150)]/(350*3)
Category B & C - Wet and Dry Waste Collected - Daily Collection
[No. of properties as per VPtax - (BoVs*350 + Tricycle*100 +Tractor*500+LMVs*500+Pushcart*100)]/(350)

S.No. Type of the Approx no. of household

*Note:
asset covered by the asset
1. Every asset in a category A panchayat will be mapped to 3
routes. Hence, this formula is divided by the product of 350 1 Tricycle 100
and 3 (350 x 3). 2 Pushcart 100
2. For Categories B & C every asset will be mapped to 1 route.
3 BoV 350
Hence the formula is divided by only 350.
4 Tractor 500
5 LMV 500
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 Waste Collection and Transportation
• Based on the calculation about 10,070 battery-operated vehicles are required for 100% collection of solid
waste.
• To streamline waste collection in rural areas two major mechanisms are being introduced.

and Transportation
Waste Collection

Route Mapping

Appointment of Supervisors

Appointment of Supervisors (1 for every 10 Thooimai Kaavalars):

Supervisors will be appointed to coordinate and monitor waste collection activities, ensure timely march out,
manage absentees,
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 Collection and Transportation - Route Planning
Route Mapping:
A comprehensive module will be integrated into the TNRD portal, featuring sub-modules for assets and route
mapping.
1. Asset Mapping: Next, panchayats will report available asset details in the asset mapping form of the TNRD
module. This includes recording assets involved in solid waste collection, such as tricycles, pushcarts, e-carts,
light motor vehicles (Type 1 & Type 2), and tractors with trailers.

• Additional information like registration numbers, purchase time, and asset conditions will also be
documented. (For pushcart and tricycle registration numbers, panchayat-wise numbering can be done).
• Districts will also need to report other assets such as panchayat-wise garbage bins with street details and
location, solid waste management infrastructure in each habitation, garbage hotspot details with street and
location, and Thooimai Kaavalar information for each panchayat.
2. Route Mapping

• Each collection vehicle in Category B & C panchayats will have one route.
• In Category A panchayats, vehicles will have three routes scheduled as follows:
✔ Route 1: Monday & Thursday
✔ Route 2: Tuesday & Friday
✔ Route 3: Wednesday & Saturday. 13
 Collection
Waste and
Collection Transportation
and - Route Route
Transportation Planning
Mapping contd………

• All vehicles (except vehicles reported as beyond repair) from the asset mapping will be pre-filled and available for
route mapping.
• Street Selection: For each route, the number of streets to be covered must be selected. The system will auto-fill
the number of households (HHs) from the VP tax portal for each selected street.
• Property Count Range: The total number of properties (households, shops and commercial establishments)
covered by the route must fall within specified ranges based on the collection assets used. The property count
range is as follows:
✔ 75 to 100 HHs for Pushcart
✔ 300 to 500 HHs for e-cart
✔ 350 to 500 HHs for LMV
✔ 350 to 500 HHs for Tractor
• Alongside mapping streets, additional aspects like garbage bins to be collected in the route, waste from garbage
hotspots to be collected, and the disposal location of the waste must be recorded for each vehicle.
• Error Handling: If the total property count is not within the specified range, an error message will be prompted,
and the form cannot be submitted.
• E-cart Suggestion: The module will suggest the required number of e-carts per 350 households based on the
number of properties not mapped with any collection asset.
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 Waste Processing

Home Composting (Pot, Pit composting, etc) / Biogas

Biodegradable
at HH level, Compost pits, Vermicompost center, Micro
waste Composting Centre / Windrow Composting Centre

Recyclable Authorised recyclers

Solid Waste
Non-Biodegradable Non Recyclable Co-processing in cement industries /
waste (Co-processible) Road laying

Non-Recyclable
Sanitary Landfill
(Non-processible)

The non-biodegradable waste is

segregated into the following
categories in MRF

Inerts / Hazardous waste

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 Clean Tamil Nadu Company Limited

To manage the logistics of all non-biodegradable waste in a centralised manner government will form
Clean Tamil Nadu Company Limited (CTCL).

Role of CTCL
SPV will collect waste from MCF and transport it to the MRF /RRF. CTCL will empanel agencies
through a yearly Expression of Interest process. These agencies collect recyclables and rejects from
MRF/RRF at the panchayat or block level for a specified contract period.

Financial overview of CTCL

• The price floor ( for recycling) and ceiling (for co processing) will be
fixed by the CTCL after conducting a tendering process and
coordination meeting with all empanelled agencies and
representatives from the State Government Departments.
• Compensation will be provided to the local body for waste items
possessing resale value. Charges will be levied for waste items
deemed non-resalable and can only be sent for co-processing.
• CTCL will charge a commission on the local bodies on a tonnage
basis.
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 Infrastructure Requirements

Additional infrastructures planned under solid waste management in

two phases
Phase I
✔ Wet waste management – Micro Composting Center @ 1 per Peri-Urban
Panchayat
✔ Dry waste management - Material Recovery Facility / Resource Recovery
Facility @ 1 per block

Phase II
✔ Wet waste management – Micro Composting Center @ 1 per block
additionally

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 Waste Processing

The following facilities below will be provided to panchayats to address the current gap in
waste processing
• CATEGORY A:
✔ WET: Home composting/food for livestock / As manure in kitchen gardens/ Biogas
✔ DRY: Existing segregation cum storage shed will be utilized. New ones will be set up
based on capacity utilization.
✔ Additionally, a block-level RRF will be provided.
• CATEGORY B & C:
✔ WET: MCC or windrow composting centre will be provided wherever necessary
✔ DRY: MRF/RRF will be provided wherever necessary

E-Waste Management
Exclusive rights will be given to SPV for collecting the
E-waste from all the Government offices, PSUs and all
Government establishments for revenue generation, to
ensure that it is transported to authorised recyclers
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 Implementation of Action Plan
User charges for different user categories Penalties for different user categories
An amendment is required from the Government to notify SWM rules under the Act
Sl. User Category Service Charges Remarks
No (monthly) Sl. No User Category Penalties
1. Households – Category A Rs 20 Payable monthly 1. Throwing garbage in public/private Rs 500
2. Households – Category B & C Rs 60 Payable monthly places/sewer/canal/ water bodies/around bins
3. Apartments Rs 20 / Rs. 60 x no. of Payable monthly 2. Non-segregation of waste
houses
Individual households Rs 100
4. Tea stalls Rs 50- Rs 100 Payable monthly
Apartments Rs 100 x no. of houses
5. Eateries/Restaurants Rs 100 - Rs 300 Payable monthly
Bulk waste generators Rs 1000
6. Marriage halls Rs 200 - Rs 500 Payable after every
marriage/function 3. Unauthorised dumping of construction and demolition waste in public
7. Mutton/chicken/fish stalls Rs 50 Payable weekly places

8. Grocery shops Rs 50 Payable monthly Up to 1 tonne Rs 1000

9. Events with over 100 Rs 200- Rs 500 Payable before the event (at 1 tonne and above Rs 5000
participants the time of notifying the Rs 500 to Rs 5000
4. Burning of solid waste (private premises &
panchayat as per Annexure (depending on the volume
public places)
II) of waste)
10. Bulk waste generators Rs 200 – Rs 500 Payable monthly . Use of SUPs
11. Schools and offices, if any As decided by the As decided by the panchayat Shops/ commercial establishments Rs 100 (first time
panchayat offenders)– Rs 500
12. Temples, churches, mosques etc. As decided by the As decided by the panchayat (third time offenders)
(unless they have their own panchayat Large shops/ establishments Rs 1000 (first time
waste disposal arrangement) offenders) – Rs 5000
13. Others (dispensaries etc.,) As decided by the As decided by the panchayat (third time offenders)
panchayat
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Thank you