Presented by IWMI's Miriam Otoo at a stakeholder workshop on 'Opportunities for sustainable municipal solid waste management services in Batticaloa District, in Sri Lanka, on September 23, 2016.

1. Opportunities for Sustainable Municipal
Solid Waste Management Services in
Batticaloa District
Stakeholder Workshop, Batticaloa
23rd September, 2016
Sivakumaran Sithamparanathan, UNOPS
Miriam Otoo, IWMI

2.  To present project results for feedback from
relevant authorities and interested
organizations;
• Share key learnings on ‘Resource Recovery and
Reuse’ (RRR) to identify potential for value
addition to on-going and future RRR initiatives
in Batticaloa;
 To gain input and feedback on project impact
pathway and sustainability strategy for compost
plants.
Objectives of Stakeholder Workshop

3. Waste Management:
A Challenge for our Environment and Water Bodies
Solid waste
Liquid waste
Kinniya Hikkaduwa Eravur
Kinniya GampahaKalmunai
Batticaloa District

4. UNOPS’ Intervention in Batticaloa
• Provision of an integrated
solid waste collection and
processing system, disposal
and regulatory set up and
training for local authority
staff;
• Implementation of
community awareness to
increase participation and
ownership of public services
in solid waste management
and drainage;

5. UNOPS’ Intervention in Batticaloa
• Work with 8 local authorities to establish an efficient
and cost effective collection, transportation and
treatment system;
• Partnership with Mobitel Sri Lanka to monitor waste
collection via 'M-track,' to allow more efficient staff
operations and waste collection;
• Construction of infrastructure (cluster landfill, four
compost facilities and associated structures);
• Local authority capacity building and operational
support;

6. UNOPS’ Intervention in Batticaloa
• Work with Enforcement team including
Police to reduce illegal littering;
• Capacitate community based organization
and youth leaders to practices best waste
management practices;
• Technical education in waste
management to University students in
Batticaloa.

7. LANDFILLS AT CAPACITY

8. From Challenge to Opportunity via Resource
Recovery and Reuse
Safe Organic Fertilizer
Compost

9. Business Thinking to Ensure Sustainability
• Most donors and governments envision investment
plans which do not require their continuous support
for impact.
Donor
Support
$
Intervention
Sustainable
impact
$ $ $
Donor
Support
Market-
driven
Mechanisms
$
Intervention
$ $ $

10. • Learning from 100
compost plants in Sri
Lanka;
• Cost recovery ranges:
3 to over 100%
• Similar cases from Africa
and South Asia;
• Detailed analyses –
development of
successful model for
replication.
Subsidized composting
at district level

11. • Project Goal: Support UNOPS to develop cost-effective
and sustainable integrated MSW management
services in Batticaloa district.
• Project objectives: Recommendations on –
• Adapted sustainable business strategies and
technologies for productive reuse of MSW for
compost plants;
• Adapted existing capacity building initiatives of
local stakeholders involved or responsible for
provision of waste management services.
IWMI – UNOPS
Project Objectives

12. • 150+ business cases analyzed
• 60 cases have in-depth analysis
• 20 business models developed
• Testing models in 10 cities

13. • Identify the major organic
waste sources within LAs,
which produce high quality
organic waste loads;
• Estimate the quantity of high
quality, segregated waste
generated in LAs;
• Identify the waste qualitative
characteristics;
• Recommendations developed
on best waste sources and
technology adjustments (if
needed).

14. • Cost-recovery potential of
compost plants;
• Revenue generation streams;
• Assessment of compost product
characteristics demanded by
end-users;
• Estimation of potential compost
market and influencing factors;
• Provide recommendations on
existing business strategy in
partnership with the LAs and
UNOPS.

15. Alternative Business Models
1. Marketing strategies/ partnerships
2. Penetrative pricing strategy
3. Carbon credits via scale agglomeration
(Private) Waste
collectors
Public sector
composting plant
Key partners (MSW)
Carbon Emission
Reduction market
(Annex 1 countries)
Carbon credit$
Fertilizer
distributors
Farmers
Compost
$
Urban residents
& institutions
Compost
$
$
$
Agrarian Service
Departments

16. www.iwmi.org
A water-secure world
Faecal sludge
Co-composting
Safe organic fertilizer
MSW Compost
Alternative Compost Product – Fortifer
• Specialized simple technology, demand for organic produce, competitive
on regional market (certification), non-subsidized fertilizer market;
• Address 2 waste streams (MSW & Faecal Sludge)
Increased market
access & product
value
Branded &
certified
fertilizer
Reversed cash flow – Reduced waste management costs (income
for waste), averted burning of agro-waste
Research
Blending and
pelletizing know-
how
Supply of
waste
Public sector/
farmers
$
$
Urban, peri-
urban, rural
farmers,
estate,
plantations
Certification
agency
Distribution
& marketing
entity
Public entity
$
Regional
market
$
$

17. •Share international best
practices on MSW
management and
associated business
models;
•Recommendations on
adaptations to existing
training and capacity
building initiatives (if
needed).

18. RRR Series of Applied Research

19. RRR Books

20. Thank You.
This CGIAR sub-program on RRR works closely with the RUAF Foundation, the World
Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations University (UNU),
and many national and international partners across the globe.