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!

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