Green Productivity and Sustainable
Waste Management in the Asia-PacificRegion to Promote Eco-town ModelK D Bhardwaj
Senior Program Officer
Asian Productivity Organization

About the APO
History:•Envisioned in the AsianRound Table Productivity
Conference held in Tokyo
in1959 as a regional
intergovernmentalorganization for productivity•Established the Asian
Productivity Organization(APO) on 11 May 1961
•Celebrated its 50th
Anniversary in 2011

We are :•Non-political•Non-profit•Non-discriminatory

APO Vision and Mission

Background of Green Productivity Program• 1961 Birth of APO• 1992: Rio Earth Summit• 1993-94:Basic Research Project on the Environment andProductivity• 1994: Established Committee on Environment (COE)• 1994: GP Program was launched with the special grant from theGovernment of Japan• 1996: World Conference on GP• 1997-2002: Defining GP and Creating Projects• 2002: Participated in the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg• 2002: 2nd World Conference on GP

What is Green Productivity

Ensures profitability

Green Productivity (GP) is a strategy forenhancing productivity and environmental
performance for sustainable socio-economic
development. It is the application of appropriate
productivity and environmental management
tools, techniques, technologies to reduce theenvironmental impact of organization’s activities
for products and services.

Enhances Quality of Life

Reduces environmentalimpact

Green Productivity ConceptGreen Productivity Methodology
Getting
Getting Started
StartedI

Sustaining
GP
Sustaining GP
VI

Monitoring
Monitoring and V
Review
Review

Planning
Planning
Planning
IIand
Generation
Generation andand
III Generation
IV

Evaluationof
Evaluationof
Evaluation
GP
OptionsofGP
Options
GP
Options

ImplementationofImplementation
ImplementationofGPof Options
GP
Options
GP
Options

Green Productivity Methodology
STEP I: GETTING STARTEDTASK 1 -TEAM FORMATIONTASK 2 -WALK THROUGH SURVEY & INFORMATION COLLECTIONSTEP II: PLANNINGTASK 3 -IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMSTASK 4 -SETTING OBJECTIVES & TARGETS
STEP III: GENERATION, & EVALUATIONOF GP OPTIONSTASK 5 -GENERATION OF GP OPTIONSTASK 6 -SCREENING & EVALUATION OF GP OPTIONSTASK 7 - FORMATION OF GP IMPLEMENTATION PLANSTEP IV: IMPLEMENTATION OF GP OPTIONSTASK 8 -IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED GP OPTIONSTASK 9 -TRAINING, AWARENESS BUILDING &DEVELOPING COMPETENCESTEP V: MONITORING & REVIEWTASK 10 -MONITORING & EVALUATION OF RESULTTASK 11 -MANAGEMENT REVIEWSTEP VI: SUSTAINING GPTASK 12 -INCORPORATE CHANGES INTO ORGANIZATION,SSYSTEM OF MANAGEMNETTASK 13 -IDENTIFYING NEW/ADDITIONAL PROBLEM AREASFRO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMNET

GP - Comprehensive Approach
Total Socio-Economic Productivity(Improved economic, environmental and socialperformance)

Individual Approach↓end-of-pipe↓
3Rs
Pollution Prevention (PP)↓
Eco-design
Life Cycle Approach
Eco-productsManagementApproach

SystematicApproach↓Quality Management
Environmental↓Zero Waste
Eco-town

Management System(ISO14000)
Waste Management

Sustainable Cities

Green Productivity

http://www.apotokyo.org/publications/files/ind_gp_gpml.pdf(How does GP work??)
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Green Productivity & Solid Waste
Management

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/publications/files/ind-22swm.pdf(Solid Waste Management : Issues and Challenges)
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Management

http://www.apotokyo.org/publications/files/ind_gp_bgp.pdf(Waste to Bio-gas)
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Green Productivity & Solid Waste
Management

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/publications/files/gp-17biomass.pdf(Waste Biomass as fuel in Boilers)13

3Rs/Eco-products for Sustainable SolidWaste Management
Waste Perspective¾ Reduce Waste¾ Reuse Waste¾ Recycle Waste

Eco-products essential
for eco-town

Eco-product Perspective¾ Reduce
toxic
substances
inproducts/Reduced
consumption
ofresources¾ Reusable
products/Reused raw
materials¾ Recyclable products/Recyclable
components

Waste Management & Eco-products
Eco-products are defined as products that comply withenvironmental regulations and/or are environmentfriendly, reflecting manufacturer’s efforts to take carefor the environment.

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/publications/files/Ecoproducts_Directory_2012_web.pdf

Waste Management & Eco-products
How the eco-products reflect sustainablewaste management!
Waste Reduction
Resource Saving
Recyclability/Reusability

Using Recycled Materials
Chemical Substance Reduction

Development of Eco-town ThroughGreen Productivity Approach
Name of City : Namakkal
Location: Tamil Nadu, South India
Area : 10.24 sq.km
Population : 100,000 (Including floating)Total No. of Wards: 30
Slum Pockets: 5
Slum Population : 10,000
Solid Waste Gen.: 21 TPD

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Development of Eco-town ThroughGreen Productivity Approach•Community Driven•Industry Oriented•Technology Supported•Sustainable Approach18

Development of Eco-town ThroughGreen Productivity Approach

Problem / Focus Areas :Solid Waste Management
Resource Management (Water /Energy)
Woman empowerment
Productivity of Municipality
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Greening of city

Energy Conservation:

Plantation of saplings

Energy Efficient Pumps forwater pumping

Developing Recreation areas

Replace 75 W sodium vapor
lamp with 40 W Fluorescenttube lights

Building sanitary complexes

Energy Audits
Women empowerment& poverty alleviation
Self-help groups

Eco-town

Micro-financing

About 45
options
identified

Mushroom cultivation
Home composting

Water conservation:

Toys making

Rain water harvesting- Government Buildings

Integration of GIS-MIS for improving
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Municipality- Paved Streets- Residential buildings

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Development of Eco-town ThroughGreen Productivity ApproachContinuousinteraction

Training

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Thank you!
K D Bhardwaj
Senior Program Officer
Industry Department, APO
kdbhardwaj@apo-tokyo.org