Refurbishment of ramp at Daulatpur STS completed

With ramp systems, slope is everything! Daulatpur in-house STS now features a new ramp with an improved slope for easy waste off-loading. While assessing the in-house STS at the beginning of 2023, it became quickly evident that the steep slope of the single ramp was hampering the operation at the site.

Ramp systems are an attractive design for Secondary Transfer Stations (STS). They enable the efficient offloading from small waste collection vehicles into containers. Container haulers can pick up full containers without any additional waste transfer, resulting in equally efficient waste collection. Daulatpur’s in-house transfer station featured a ramp system with space for two skip containers. However, the original ramp, with a steep slope, made it hard to push the full, non-motorized rickshaw vans up to the platform for off-loading. The SCIP team proposed constructing an on-ramp with a reduced 1:10-slope while using the existing ramp as an off-ramp to move down the platform. On 27 October 2025, the newly constructed on-ramp was inaugurated and tested by local rickshaw van drivers. The SCIP team will further monitor operations and collect feedback from divers, supervisors, and waste pickers.