Waste segregation

Waste Generation

India’s population Waste generation

INCREASING 10,000 MT/Day
1,27,486 metric tones of waste generated
daily in India in 2011-12
 Spending Pattern

Collection Transportation Disposal/Treatment

 Huge
Transportation
Burden
 Major challenge to MCGM

Shortage of Landfills
Though we are facing problem of waste
 Problem Statement
•People not segregating the garbage in spite of
awareness campaigns.
•Lack of participation in dry waste service.
•Unauthorised garbage throwing habits
•Throwing garbage in open nallah and gutters
•Avoid to use two separate bins for dry and wet waste
 Waste collection process
Primary
Secondary
Collection
Collection

Transportation
This is what many clean homes do?
 What is need of the hour

Reduce the waste ,Reuse ,Recycle

Segregation of garbage at source into dry

and wet waste

Compost wet waste

 Segregation of Waste
keeping wet and dry wastes separately, so that drycan be
recycled and wet waste can be composted.

REUSE

• Biodegradable
• Coconut shells
• Vegetable wastes ,Fruit
wastes Wood,Egg shells
,Nails ,Hair Leaves ,Tea
leaves ,Soiled cotton /
tissue ,Cooked food waste
• Dust,Bones
DRY
RECYCLE
Recyclable
Paper, plastics, metal, glass, rubber,
thermocol, Styrofoam, fabric, leather,
rexine, wood – anything that can be
kept for an extended period without
decomposing
 Benefits of Recycling:

• Conserves resources for our children’s future.

• Prevents emissions of many greenhouses gases and
water pollutants.
• Saves energy.
• Supplies valuable raw materials to industry.
• Creates jobs.
• Stimulates the development of greener technologies.
• Reduces the need for new landfills and incinerators.
 Dry waste Collection Centre

Sending
Receiving Sorting Storage to Recycle
industry
 Segregate of
waste into dry
and wet

Reducing the
quantity of
waste ,reuse
,and recycle of
Zero Segregated wet
waste can
waste Garbage compost

Garbage in the
compost
converted into
manure.