how to deal with dry waste
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How to deal with DryWasteWelcome to the world of
Recycling, Upcycling, and Reuse
What do you change?
From this… …to This
dry waste
recyclables secondary sorting
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Photo: Karan Ananth, article on Kasa
Rasa, Bangalore, The Hindu (online ed.)
recycling
asphalting(plastic roads)
paper
plastics
recycling
glass recycling
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What is Dry Waste?
� Aerosol cans � Aluminum cans/foil� Metal bottle caps� Glass bottles & Jars
� Incandescent Bulbs,� Tetrapack� Thermocole/Styrofoam
� Tickets� Bills & statements*� Envelopes & Covers� Notices
� Pamphlets� Paper wrappers� Computer Printouts� Paper plates
� Plastic bags � Plastic bottles � Plastic packaging� Broken toys
� Bubble wrap� Take-away containers*� Food packets* � Pickle packs* � Milk Sachets*
* Food packets, pickle packs and take-away
food containers have to be thoroughly rinsed and dried before disposal
* Food covers that are too oily should be discarded with debris waste
WARNING: Do not crush aerosol cans
Rinse and dry glass bottles before disposal
Dispose broken glass/ceramic with debris waste
after placing in a thick plastic/paper bag
Papers that are oily and soiled tissue
papers should be discarded with debris waste
* Tear any confidential papers such as bank statements/notices before disposal.
Newspapers can be collected on a monthly
basis and donated to NGOs who make bags for sanitary waste.
Plastics Paper Metal, Glass & Others
x Wet waste (yuck! ruins the waste carefully segregated by others)
x Sweeping dust, wood waste etc. (dispose with debris waste or with wet waste)
x Human/Animal hair (it’s of course dry but sadly not recyclable, dispose with sanitary waste)
x Soiled food covers/containers (rinse and dry them before disposing with dry waste)
x Sanitary Waste such as napkins and diapers (dispose used/unused diapers etc. with sanitary waste)
x Cigarette butts
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What is NOT Dry Waste
Do not dispose take away
containers with food. Dispose food in Wet Waste bin, rinse and
dry the container/cover and before
disposing with dry waste
Do not dispose Human or pet-
hair with dry waste. Dispose these in Sanitary Waste
Do not dispose ear
buds, waxing strips etc with Dry Waste. These should go
with Sanitary Waste.
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Dry Waste Do’s
Food in a cover?
Dispose food contents into Wet Waste bin
Rinse cover if food contents were wet. Dry at
kitchen sink before disposing in your Dry Waste bag
Squeeze your toothpaste
facewash etc to the last before
disposal. Use an old
toothbrush for this …saves at least a week’s worth of stuff
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Empty and rinse out
remnants in shampoo or moisturizer bottles.
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Open up and
crush/fold paper
cartons before
disposal. Saves a load of space
Dry Waste Collection
Collection: Fix a bin on the
cupboard door of your sink. Use this to collect your Dry Waste
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* Do not use thin polythene bags to store Dry Waste at your home
Plastic woven bags or cloth bags are sturdy and reusable
Collection: Collect Dry Waste
in bag* hung in your kitchen or utility area.
Collection: Rinse and dry milk
covers. Collect in a box to dispose monthly to your local
scrap dealer
Dry Waste Sorting@ Home
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Once a week sort dry waste collected in your bag into
Plastic, Paper, Metal & Others. Dispose to common dry
waste collection (see next slide)
Best Practice: RWA to provide residents
with woven plastic bags labeled with house
no and sorting categories as per
requirement .
Please check with your Dry Waste collector
on categories of sorting required.
Apartments having adequate space and
labor can have a post collection sorting established.
Dry Waste Disposal
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Dry Waste Sorted into Plastic and Paper
Metal and glass are small amounts can be carried
together in the “Paper” bag and disposed into the
“Metal, Glass & Others” bin
In apartments weekly/fortnightly door-
to-door collection of sorted Dry Waste by housekeeping is a best practice
Plastic
50%
Paper
40%
Metal
5%
Glass
3% Others
2%
Dry Waste Composition
(note: %ages are approx)
Bins at Common Collection Location
NOTE: Your Dry waste contains around 15 types of
plastic, paper, metal and glass. Sorting at home will be really
helpful to make the post-collection sorting that much easier
Dry Waste Recycling
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Kartavya, Dry Waste Collection Center, Domlur Weekly collection by nearest
Dry Waste Collection Center (DWCC)
Refer attached
list of DWCC
Bangalore Dry Waste Collection Centers
Call BBMP Control Room to locate your nearest DWCC
080-2266-0000
Reduce your Dry Waste
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Your resource directory for ways to reduce/upcycle/recycle your waste
Thunk India: Buy upcycled items made from hard to recycle Dry Waste
http://www.thunkinindia.com/
Reduce – Practical Guide
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/reduce.html
Recycle, eh! : Practical tips to reduce, reuse and repurpose …http://www.recycle-eh.com/tips.htm
Donate old clothes, blankets, bedsheets, books , stationery, and other useful itemsIn Bangalore
RK Foundation: 080-6559 4809; info@rkfoundation.org; www.rkfoundation.org
Sri Rakum School: 080-25215253; rakumrakum@yahoo.com; www.rakum.orgGoonj: Mr. Chandan ; 9663798026 ; chandan@goonj.org;
Sell Old Furniture and other stuff
Quikr: http://www.quikr.com
Ebay: http://www.ebay.in/
Happy Segregation,
and Recycling!
more solutions and ideas
http://www.slideshare.net/ragpickerify/
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11mail: vijay.krishnan@ragpicker.in
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