Due to the expansion of business profile, Chandigarh city has become a hot spot for hospitality sector, which is one of the major sources for generation of biodegradable kitchen waste. The present study was conducted to assess the quantum of biodegradable kitchen waste generation from three star hotels in Chandigarh, waste management practices being followed and potential of biodegradable waste for composting. The study involved survey in 11 three star hotels of Chandigarh (India) out of 70 three star hotels located in the province. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from hotel staff. The biodegradable waste generated was quantified and composted using a lab scale mechanical composter. The results have shown that the waste generation rate varies from 40-80 Kg/day/hotel. Segregation of waste at source is being partly implemented as vegetables peelings are mixed in dry waste and used tissues in wet waste. The dry waste is picked by municipal workers from all the hotels and is dumped at the landfill site however the wet waste is being given to piggeries by most of the hotels on daily basis. Out of the total waste generated, 38-44% of waste generated is biodegradable kitchen waste which can be composted to get a compost of C/N ratio 22.79 ± 4.43. This compost can be used as soil amending agent in gardening. Thus the kitchen waste generated from hotels has a good potential for composting which can done on a small scale through a suitable decentralized system. This will help in decreasing the ultimate load on landfill and will assure environmentally sound disposal of biodegradable waste.
The purpose of the paper is to discuss the stipulated conditions imposed at the time of grant of environment clearance from the perspective of implementation of compliance in case of construction projects in India. Conditions as imposed on 40 different building and construction projects in India from 2008 to 2013 are studied and evaluated and for a ready reference a sample of 14 representative project types is given in the paper. Based on the evaluation, we conclude that the laid down conditions are general in nature and more or less same irrespective of the location or type of the project may be an educational institute, hospital, office, hotel, group housing, bus terminus, or multiplex and whether it graded platinum or bronze in rating or ungraded. The impacts of the project nowhere find a mention in the stipulated conditions and thus there is no correlation between the conditions imposed and the baseline environment parameters. There is a dire need to rework the stipulated conditions itself on the lines of environment management plan proposed by the project proponent including setting apart the cost of implementation, if an effective compliance as envisaged by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India is to be achieved.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.