Question

Waste Management

n The board of directors of Automobile Alliance wishes to capture a larger share o therefore would like to mcet the full demand for Classy Cruisers. They ask Rachel to the profit of her assembly plant would decrease as compared to the profit found in part meet the full demand for Classy Cruisers if the decrease in profit is not more (a). They then ask her to () Rachel now makes her final decision by combining all the new considerations descri What are her final decisions on whether to undertake the advertising campaign, W number of Family Thrillseckers to assemble, and the number of Classy Cruiser than $2,000,000 (). (g), and (h) hether to use overtime labor, the s to assemble CASE 3.2 Waste Management in Mumbai It can be divided into three sections becom city in India, with a population of 13 million, covers a coastal stretch of 603 sq km. , viz., the island city (or main city), the western suburbs and the east- nsuburbs. Such a huge population obviously generates a huge amount of waste. Managing such waste es a critical and massive task for the local administra tion. The Municipal Corporation of Greater is in charge of the management of waste in the city. On a daily basis, Mumbai gener- ates waste amounting to nearly 9000 tons comprising biodegradable and recyclable materials, debris, and Mumbai (MCGM) silt. The biodegradable waste is made up of vegetable and fruit remainders, leaves, spoiled food, eggshells, cotton, and so on. Newspapers, plastic, battery cells, wires, iron sheets, glass comprises recyclable waste ris includes construction waste, renovation waste, demolition waste and the like. Earth and clay from drains and road corners make up the silt. The prevailing approach to waste management has been one of collection and disposal that is, garbage is collected from communities by the municipal authorities and disposed o f at various dumping sites that are currently servicing the city. Garbage collectors manually collect the waste generated at the household level and dumps them in the garbage bin at specified street corners. There are about 6000 community bins in the city. This largely manual operation involves 35,000 personnel employed by the MCGM and is collected by a fleet of 800 vehicles, including vehicles hired from private contractors, that work in shifts every day. For collecting and transporting garbage and debris, municipal and private vehicles need to make close to 2,000 trips every day Community participation in waste management is being promoted by MCGM. Under a joint proj started by the Government of India and MCGM in collaboration with United Nations Center for Human Settlements community participation is waste management is being encouraged. This program is called "Ad vanced Locality Management" (ALM). It is a community-based approach for effective management of civic services. Under ALM communities with help from NGOs make arrangements for the waste to be llected by ragpickers and then process biodegradable wastes and sell the recyclable material. MCGM pro- vides subsidy and technical help to construct composting pits in these localities. NGOs play an important role in this set-up by organizing the ragpickers and providing them the necessary training for collecting and GM also partners with Excel industries in converting the organic component of solid wastes into manure through mechanical aerobic composting. Excel Industry Limited is one of the India's largest agro- chemical companies. They are leaders in the field of solid waste management that agement of urba ban solid waste into useful organic manure through controlled acrobic composting. This proces of two s screening the decomposed organic matter. Waste is collected by MCGM help in sustainable m an n environment. The Biotech division of the company looks after the conversion of the ur tages: (i) biologic al process for decomposition of organic matter and (ii) mechanical process for and supplied to the different c dustries and then the waste is processed through aerobic composting. Composting pro- cling procedure through which the organic and biodegradable portion of solid waste om vides a sustainable recy is converted to produce fertilizers that can be used for soil enhancemen

Answer 1

i. Minimum cost generated is in ward B , i.e, 135 tons and the shortest distance is to Deonar at a 19km.

Therefore with a Rs 10/km and Rs 12/ Ton for operating cost will equal to 135x12+ (19x10) = Rs 1810

ii. The ALM project will not be a profit driven initiative considering the installation cost and also the increased processing charge by Rs. 50