An Eco-village Strategy For Poverty Alleviation In Pakistan Based On Circular Economy And Cleaner Production

The increase in population globally has drastically increased environmental pollution and therefore,the major reason behind this can be the unlimited consumption of material and waste generation.And to reduce the negative effect on the environment,these waste materials should be converted into useful material.One of the common observations of waste material is the exposed agricultural waste that is becoming a serious threat to the environment.The amount of agricultural waste varies from one country to another according to the type of crops and farming land.The agricultural waste occupies the lands for the days,and weeks until the local farmers get rid of open burning or temporary construction of their houses;this affects the environment and has major chances of catching the fire and spread the diseases.Pakistan is an agricultural country whose economic factor is largely dependent on agriculture and thus produces an ample amount of waste material that is,directly and indirectly,harming the environment and equally is hazardous to human health.The main sources of rural households’ in the country rely on agriculture and its allied activities.The lifestyle in such kind of areas where the society is so rich with culture,tradition,and religion are key sensitive areas in terms of planning and designing of housing and other infrastructures(social/public).The research work focuses on involving the concept and teachings of Circular Economy CE that are particularly for agriculture and teachings of Cleaner Production CP that will deal in the limitation of agricultural waste that can be used as building infrastructures in order to automatically elicit the initiative towards a sustainable environment.The use of 3d printer will lower the material and construction cost,and is environmentally friendly that saves times.The result of such an initiative would be an ‘overall’improvement and advancement for the betterment of the community.This will result in the form of a project or a prototype for low income houses and will ultimately help to develop a low tech approach for a sustainable environmental society i.e.an Eco-Village.The use of Agricultural Waste as the material for 3d-printer,that can be used for the construction of low income houses.This indeed is a new concept for the country to look at as a view of upgrading the rural villages.The intention of this research is to create and present a model sustainable community(Ecovillage)of a particular size;which could be used as the start point towards a new way of upgrading rural areas on the infrastructure.