4.2.4.3 Additional Pilots

SPONGE COLLABORATIVE + WEAVING WITH WATER Team

MULLASSERY CANAL FRAMEWORK AND CANAL EDGE MASTERPLAN

Figure 80:Concept for Karunakaran Lane as part of the pilot design (Image Credit: Weaving with Water team)

For more details on the pilot project and to check out the drawings, refer to the Detailed Project Report to be submitted as part of the ‘Ente Kochi Project’ .

4.2.4.3 Additional Pilots

A potential pilot that can focus on the solid waste and community strategy is a neighbourhood scale solid waste “innovation hub” on vacant land in the canal precinct that can harness the potential of “ waste as a resource, ” and circular economy concepts in order to reimagine and expand the idea of decentralised waste management as the lynchpin of sustainable communities. The Kerala state government currently has several schemes dealing with waste management, which can be programmed and layered, alongside community outreach desks, workshops, and other opportunities to catalyse civic engagement at the local level. There is also potential to scale up the neighbourhood-level waste management strategy to every ward in the city by retrofitting existing waste collection centres.Some potential programmes for a neighbourhood level waste innovation hub could be:

1. Information kiosk for households interested in waste recovery at source, waste collection and sorting (existing processes such as segregation at source and door-to-door collection by Kudumbashree are essential pre-conditions to this intervention) 2. composting via Watsan parks, and other forms of material recovery 3. Re-use by means of scrap markets and swap shops 4. Promoting recycling by means of grants to businesses, leasing workshop and oce space to social enterprises and entrepreneurs dealing with recycled products, workshops and training sessions to upskill and protect the livelihoods of the Haritha Karma Sena (waste workers) 5. A community centre to promote cooperative action amongst stakeholders on civic issues