Waste Segregation for Dummies

Welcome to the world of Segregated Waste

www.ragpicker.in Updated : 22-Mar-2015

Contents - why segregate

- waste categories

- where to start

- do’s & don’ts

What do you change?

From this…

Garbage dumped off Hosur Road , Bangalore A typical unscientific landfill around here…

Waste dump in your neighborhood 300 cows die every year in Bangalore alone eating plastic laden waste

Pic courtesy: epaper.timesofindia.com

What do you change?

Pic courtesy: epaper.timesofindia.com

Segregation of waste at source made mandatory: The High Court has handed down a highly progressive judgment taking into careful consideration both short-term and long-term objectives to resolve the prevailing crisis of waste management. In an unprecedented decision, the Court has directed that all municipal waste in Bangalore will be segregated at source (at the household level), the segregated waste will be transported in that manner to composting and recycling units and no mixing whatsoever will take place in trucks, as is presently the case. Keeping this fundamental principle in view, the Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP, Bangalore's municipality) and the Government of Karnataka to ensure that “Segregation and Wet Waste Processing Stations shall be located and made operational in the 28 Assembly Constituencies within two months” from the date of the order. The Court sees “this as the first step to be followed immediately by similar Segregation and Wet Waste Processing Stations, in each of the 198 Wards in Bangalore” and that “this exercise (is) to be completed within four months” of 22nd November 2012. Keen to ensure that at no time in the future the current messy state of affairs recurs in Bangalore, the Court has also directed that “every ward should have at least three Segregation and Wet Waste Processing Stations”. (Emphasis supplied)

Joint Statement supporting Segregation of Waste at Source by NGO’s in Bangalore http://www.esgindia.org/campaigns/press/landfills-arent-solution-bangalores-wast.html

What is in it for You!

For RWA/Community • Eco-friendly image of RWA/Community generates respect among peers

• Reduced expense for disposal of solid waste • Income generation through sale of recyclables • Greater residents participation in RWA affairs

For Individual homes • Better management of household waste • Eco-friendly image generates respect among peers

• Practical education of children on topics such as materials, recycling, decomposition • Greater participation in RWA affairs

For Community & Society • Better management of household waste • Increased recycling of plastics, paper etc • Hazardous waste kept out of landfill

• Employment generation in recycling industry

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What do you change?

…to This

recycling dry waste recycling/safe disposal hazardous & e-waste

wet waste

composting

sanitary waste incineration

biogas

Wet Waste Sanitary Waste

Debris/Inert Dry Waste

Hazardous/ e-waste

Waste Categories

Waste Categories

Where to start?

Establish collection at home

Debris/Inert

Collect in a bin in the utility

RED BIN*

PERIODIC

Hazardous/ e-waste

Collect small items in a cover. Do no break CFL/Tubes

QUARTERLY

9 * Green Bin (Wet Waste) & Red Bin (Sanitary & Debris) in the 2 Bins1Bag method

Wet Waste

Collect in a covered bin lined with newspaper. DO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS.

GREEN BIN*

DAILY

Sanitary Waste

Collect in newspaper bag kept in bathroom

RED BIN*

DAILY

Dry Waste

Collect in a woven bag in the kitchen/utility

WEEKLY

Vegetable/Fruit waste

Food waste except very oily waste

Tea leaves/Coffee powder

Garden trimmings/leaves

Flowers

Pencil shavings

Match Sticks

Shredded Newspaper

Soiled Tissue Paper

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What is Wet Waste?

x Soiled food covers

x Sanitary Waste such as napkins and diapers

x Cigarette butts

x Watery stuff (drain away the liquid from sambhar/curry before disposing it for composting)

x Bits of plastic (cut pieces from your milk covers can harm biogas/composting process)

x Dead animals (rats, cockroaches etc.)

x Weeds and diseased plants from the garden

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What is NOT Wet Waste

Take-way container with yoghurt

Watery Sambhar /Rasam/Curries. Drain liquid before disposal

Coconut Shells (collect separately . Can be

used as fuel)

Wet Waste Collection

Collection: Covered bin in Kitchen lined with newspaper. Tear newspaper lengthwise to get 2 long

pieces. Place them into the bin to cover the bin inner surface. NO PLASTIC BAGS!

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* Collect Wet Waste in Green Bin in the 2 Bins 1Bag method

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Wet Waste Do’s

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Leftover Sambhar? Strain using a steel strainer to

drain the liquid into the sink Dispose food contents into

Wet Waste bin

Home Composting Options

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http://www.dailydump.org/products/leave-it-pots

Daily Dump: Leave-it-Pot or Khamba

Did you know: A firm in Bangalore has an order from Japan to export 2500 tonnes of compost to enrich the coastal areas devastated by 2011 tsunami. http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=1&contentid=201201192012011905082181299adafb5

More :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of

_compost

- As a Fertilizer

- As a Soil Conditioner

- For Soil erosion control

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Community Composting Examples

http://vennarorganic.com/index.html http://www.dailydump.org/community-waste-management-final

Daily Dump - Aaga

15 Kgs per day

0 HP

low cost and low

maintenance

10 to 170 Kgs

2.5 to 16HP

Purchase Cost (4 lacs

upwards) , Space and

Maintenance needs to be

considered

Vennar - OWC

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http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Tumbling-Composter

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Biogas Examples

http://www.niecrest.in/

Biogas plants from

1-150 kgs. per day

for homes,

communities and

institutions

NIE-CREST

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GPS –Bio-Orja

Biogas plants from

100 kgs – 3 Tons.

per day for

communities and

institutions

http://www.greenpowersystems.co.in/#!the-biourja1

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What is Sanitary Waste?

Diapers

Sanitary Napkins

Condoms

Syringes

Shaving Blades

Ear Buds

Old Tablets

Bandages/Plasters

Fingernails

Hair/Animal Hair

Scrap cloth

Animal bones (large)

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Sanitary Waste Do’s

Collect in a newspaper cone or bag or red bin*

Wash out poop from diapers into the toilet

before disposing baby diapers

Reusable cloth diapers for your baby at least at home

Did you know: Disposable diapers take 500 long years to decompose

Reusable diapers guide: http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/guide/

http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/wash/index.php

* Collect Sanitary Waste in Red Bin in the 2 Bins 1Bag method

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What is Dry Waste?

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

Plastics

Tickets

Bills & statements*

Envelopes & Covers

Notices

Pamphlets

Paper wrappers

Computer Printouts

Paper plates

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.

Paper

Aerosol cans

Aluminum cans/foil

Metal bottle caps

Glass bottles & Jars

Incandescent Bulbs,

Tetrapack

Thermocole/Styrofoam

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

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

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Dry Waste Do’s

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

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Dilute soap and hand

wash concentrates with

up to 2/3rds water. It’ll

still be effective

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

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.

What is Haz/E-Waste?

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E-Waste Hazardous Waste

Paints

Automobile Lubricants

Dry Cells (Batteries)

Car /2-wheeler batteries

Fluorescent Lamps

Mobile

Chargers

Computer peripherals

CDs

…anything with a plug

Haz/E-Waste Do’s

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Collect small items such as batteries in a cover

Do no break CFL’s and Tube lights (Fluorescent lamps)

Maintenance personnel should use industrial grade gloves while

handling haz/e-waste

What is Debris Waste?

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Sweeping Dust

Oily Plastic/paper

Soiled Scrap Cloth

Rubber waste (slippers)

Gilt Paper/Gift Wrapping

Foil covers (lays/kurkure packs)

Construction debris

* Dispose Debris Waste along with Sanitary Waste daily in Red Bin in the 2 Bins 1Bag method

Recyclanthem

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Cans and bottles, don’t throw it away, Paper, plastic don’t throw it away, Recycle and Recycle, Let’s all try and recycle.

We’re on a mission to save the world, Doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl, Don’t put it off and don’t hesitate, Because tomorrow …. may be too late.

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