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Waste Sensitive
Communities
ZERO WASTE Bangalore
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2. Waste crisis in the city!
No place to dump over 3,500 Tons Per Day.
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Overfull Landfills, poisoning the soil,
Illegal Burning! air and living beings around it
Dioxins
Poisonous air

3. Present System of Collection
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Mixed
waste
from
homes
Picked up
in a pushcart or auto,
transferred to a truck

4. Finally, Dumped
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in waste dumps / landfills
in villages on the outskirts of the city,
sometimes
in our neighborhood
Choking our Storm water drains
or burnt

5. When we dump it
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Toxic material in waste goes into our ground water
Ground water is a key source of water supply for Bangalore
What are we drinking ?

6. When we burn it
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Dioxins
CO, CO Furans
2, NO2
Toxic gases are emitted. Cause cancer, respiratory diseases
What are we breathing ?

7. DO WE WANT TO SEE THIS?
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Dirty!
Smelly!
Ugly!
Stench!
Why?

8. OR THIS?
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Segregated
waste being
taken for
recycling.
Clean..
Useful..
Reusable..

9. Do we want this?
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Wasted
Wasted
Wasted
Valuable recyclable material is mixed with wet waste and hence not
usable. Less than 10 % is recovered.

10. OR HELP TO BRING IT BACK AS A RESOURCE?
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Waste, if
managed well,
can come
back to us in
the form of
something
useful, like
these chairs.

11. Did you Know ?
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Kitchen waste is 60% water and will bio-degrade
But when mixed with plastic, batteries, medical waste, paper, bulbs etc
It ALL becomes toxic
Worse, paper, plastic etc become soggy and un-recyclable
It also Becomes TRASH: Dirty! Messy! Smelly!
Mixed Waste is BAD!

12. Bangalore
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Garden city?
Or Garbage city?
It’s up to us!

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Change. We can make it
happen

14. A simple solution is
SEGREGATION
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Mixed waste pollutes for generations to come
Segregated Waste is clean, can be recycled. Is Wealth!
Dry waste Wet waste
SWM Experts Committee - Training Kit

15. SEGREGATE WASTE, RECOVER RESOURCES
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16. Follow The 4 R Mantra
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• Reduce Buy Less
• Reuse Throw Less
Waste Less
• Repair Refuse Plastic Bags
Use Cloth Bags
Do not use disposable plates, cups
• Recycle Choose products with less or no packaging.
BRING ABOUT A SMALL CHANGE EACH DAY.
IT’S A MATTER OF CHOICE.

17. Segregate waste at home
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Wet waste
Sanitary waste
Dry waste
 Hazardous Waste
SWM Experts Committee - Training Kit

18. Wet Waste
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Organic waste

19. Wet Waste given in a bin
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SWM Experts Committee - Training Kit

20. Garden Waste
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21. Dry Waste
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Put in re-usable Bag

22. Sanitary Waste
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Wrap in newspaper.

23. Hazardous Waste
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-
Store separately

24. Its Simple
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Like you organize everything else in life, sort
your waste

25. What do we do ?
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Saahas Programs
• Waste Sensitive Communities
• E-Waste management
• Tetra Pak Collection
• Less Plastic for Me
• Neighborhood Waste Management - Koramangala
Closing the loop
Sale of Recycled
Products

26. Waste Sensitive Communities
Service Offered
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1. Waste Sensitive Programs for Corporates / Institutes / Residents
Assist in Waste Conduct regular awareness Assist in Waste Mgmt related
Segregation at source sessions Events
Conduct Waste Audits Publish Annual Reports

27. Neighbourhood Waste Management- Koramangala
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Residents handing over Collection by BBMP. Further
segregated waste: segregation in the auto:

28. Service Offered
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KASA RASA – Waste Management Unit in Ejipura
Infrastructure like OWC, Leaf Shredder, Composting Tanks to manage
Organic waste.
• Manages 1 tonne of recyclable dry waste daily
• Manages 0.5 tonnes of organic waste daily
• 1000 households in RAR Ejipura are in this program.

29. Service Offered
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KASA RASA – Waste Management Unit, HTW Koramangala
• Capacity to manage 2 tonnes of waste per day

30. Organic waste management
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31. Dry waste recycling
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32. Customer Sites - Composting in Bangalore Club
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33. E-Waste Programme Service Offered
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Regular collection of Public Collection points Provide livelihood to informal
batteries and CDs - Public Utility Building
sector and move
them towards
- KSPCB
- Landmark, Forum becoming part of
formal sector
- Mother Earth, Intermediate Ring Road
- Bangalore Central, Jayanagar
- RT Nagar City Central Library
-BBMP Offices
-Corporation, Jayanagar 4th Blk, Bommanahalli, Arekere
Conduct e-waste campaigns

34. Tetra Pak Program
Campaigns
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Collection and Recycling
Collection of Tetra Pak
Bailing of Tetra Pak

35. Tetra Pak recycled Products
Closing the Loop
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Sale of Products made
of Recycled Tetrapack
1. Folders
2. Books,
3. Pens
4. Tissue Rolls
5. Roof Sheets

36. Less Plastic for Me
Campaigns
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Less Plastic for me
Carry a cloth Bag
Refuse Plastic!

37. CONTACT US reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
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431, 8th Cross, Jayanagar, 1st Block
Bangalore 560 011
Ph: 416 89889
E-mail: response@saahas.org
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THANK YOU!