28 Oct 2000
Sponsors
 Institute
of Advanced
Studies, UN Univ., Japan AEON Foundation,
Japan |
Material Flow Analysis of Integrated Bio-Systems (March-October 2000) |
Organized by:
Integrated
Bio-Systems Network
UNU/IAS
Alumni Association, UN Univ.,Tokyo
with the assistance of : MFA
Conference Planning Group
UNESCO
Microbial Resources Centre, Stockholm |
Technical and financial performance at integrated
composting-waste management project sites
in the Philippines, India and Nepal *.
Inge Lardinois and Rogier Marchand**
WASTE, Advisers on urban environment and development, Gouda, the Netherlands
** Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio, Loja, Ecuador
* based on the paper "TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL EVALUATION OF COMPOSTING PROGRAMMES IN ASIA" by Inge Lardinois and Rogier Marchand. In: W.Bidlingmaier et. al. 1999. Organic Recovery & Biological Treatment. ORBIT 99 - Organic Recovery & Biological Treatment. Proceedings of the International Conference ORBIT 99 on Biological Treatment of Waste and the Environment. Part III. pages 799-806. Berlin: Rhombos-Verl. ISBN: 3-930894-20-3)
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composting, Philippines, India, Nepal, WASTE, Institutional and environmental health aspects, government policies and regulations, stakeholder cooperation Abstract The solid wastes of Asian cities are typically comprised of 70-85% organics, dirt and dust and composting has long been considered an interesting option to reduce the amounts of waste to be transported and disposed of in landfills. In the past many large-scale compost plants that have been set up in developing countries based on western technologies, have failed and were abandoned for several reasons. This paper discusses some results of a research on the technical and financial performance of several composting programmes that are integrated into waste management at project sites in the Philippines, India and Nepal. The research included different scales of composting programmes and aimed at analysing the performance of these programmes. Technical aspects (i.e. process of composting, quality of compost), the type of management, the marketing strategies used and their financial performance (i.e. financial feasibility and marketing) were studied in detail. Institutional aspects (i.e. government policies and regulations, stakeholder cooperation) and environmental health aspects were also looked into. Data on the total raw material input, the amount of compost produced as well as other products from each site is given in the table below. Success factors as well as existing problems and constraints were analysed.
When comparing total annual sales with total annual costs (excluding hidden
costs), the three medium-scale programmes from the five studied are feasible
in a strictly financial sense. The small-scale programmes lack the necessary
technical and financial expertise to achieve a similar performance level.
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| (1) | Andreas Behnsen | University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Institute for Waste Management and Environmental Monitoring (IfAU), Wolfenbüttel, Germany |
| (2) | Manfred Fehr | Total Environment Foundation, Brazil |
| Inge Lardinois
WASTE, Advisers on urban environment and development Nieuwehaven 201, 2801 CW Gouda, the Netherlands tel: +31-182-522625 fax: +31-182-550313 e-mail (general): office@waste.nl website: http://www.waste.nl |
 Rogier Marchand
E-mail: dasa&rogier@utpl.net Work Address at Loja: Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio, Avenida Nueva Loja s/n, entre Catarama y Yaguachi, Loja, Ecuador tel. 593 - 7 - 585 119, tel/fax. 593 - 7 - 583 781 email address: fepp@lo.pro.ec Work Address at Quito: Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, Luis Cordero 111 y Valladolid Casilla postal 17-07-9180, Quito, Ecuador tel. 593 - 9 - 700 619 tel/fax. 593 - 2 - 553 322 email address: oficina@cid.ecuanex.net.ec Rogier Marchand holds a Master of Arts in Economics with a special focus
on International Economic
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