Waste Segregation for Children
Welcome to the world of Segregated Waste
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Updated : -02-Oct-2015

Contents
- why segregate
- waste categories
- how to segregate
- what happens then
- project activity

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

Waste Categories

Activity
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Help your child with this activity
The child is given a sheet and a pencil to trace his/her
hand on paper.
The fingernail portion is colored with the
respective colors
and the waste categories labeled.

Where to start?
establish collection at home
Wet Waste
Collect in a pedal bin
lined with newspapers.
DO NOT USE PLASTIC
BAGS.
DAILY
Debris/Inert
Collect in a bin
in the utility
PERIODIC
Hazardous/ e-waste
Collect small items
in a cover
QUARTERLY
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Dry waste
Collect in a bag in the
kitchen/utility
WEEKLY
Sanitary Waste
Collect in newspaper
bag kept in bathroom
DAILY

 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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What to do with Wet Waste?
Composting Biogas

Home Composting
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Leave-it-Pots
Daily Dump
Product
Supplied by
Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links
Aerobic Composting Anaerobic Composting
Smart Bin
Greentechlife

Community Composting
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Pit Composting
Saahas
OWC
Vennar Organic
Product
Supplied by
Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links
Aaga
Daily Dump
Manual Techniques Mechanized Techniques
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Biogas from Wet Waste
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http://www.niecrest.in/
Biogas plants from
1-150 kgs. per day
for homes,
communities and
institutions
NIE-CREST GPS - BioUrja
Biogas plants from
100 kgs – 3 Tons.
per day for
communities and
institutions
http://www.greenpowersystems.co.in/#!the-biourja1
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Wet Waste Project
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Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links
Activity 1 : Visit Daily Dump, Indiranagar and see composting happening (helps
resolve the many myths about the process – smell, flies, too much work etc.)
Activity 2: Play the composting game to learn more
Activity 3: Visit Navadarshanam with your family to see Eco-conservation in
action – Biogas, Solar Power, Wind Power, Organic Farming and more
(it’s only 50 kms from Bangalore and a real Paradise on Earth)
Activity 4: Seek support of your parents to dig a pit in a corner of
your garden and try composting wet waste at home
Activity 5: Get the children in your class or locality together to
start a community composting project

What to do with Compost
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More : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_compost
Use Compost as a
 As a Fertilizer
 As a Soil Conditioner
 For Soil erosion control
Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links

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What is Sanitary Waste?
 Diapers
 Syringes
 Shaving Blades
 Ear Buds
 Old Tablets
 Bandages/Plasters
 Fingernails
 Hair/Animal Hair
 Scrap cloth
 Animal bones

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Sanitary Waste Do’s
 Collect in a newspaper cone or bag
 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
Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links

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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.

Dry Waste Project
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Help your child explore the videos and reading
material available on these links
Activity 1 : Take the Dry Waste segregation kit home (woven bag,
instruction leaflet and smileys) home and start your dry waste
collection.
At the end of the week give the segregated dry waste
to the BBMP Pourakarmika or Contractor in your area
with the Segregation Smiley (in the kit) and explain how you did
dry waste segregation (you’ll be thrilled to see the smile on their faces).
Activity 2: Collect Dry waste for another 2 weeks and visit the
Domlur Dry Waste Collection Center (under Domlur Flyover,
map on next page) along with your family and your collection.
You’ll see what happens to your segregated dry waste.
Activity 3: Demonstrate your project at your RWA/Housing
Society/Friends Groups and inspire them to
participate

Domlur DWCC Map
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Kartavya DWCC, Domlur
Domlur Flyover, Domlur, Bangalore
Contact: Santhosh 8050457086
Krupa 9141037724
Next to the Domlur SAARC Park. Entry from
Airport road while coming from Dolmlur.
Timings: 9.30 am to 5.00pm
PLEASE CALL BEFORE YOU VISIT

What is Haz/E-Waste?
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E-WasteHazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste
 Paints
 Automobile Lubricants
E-Waste
 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 not 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

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.

Happy Segregation,
Composting
and Recycling!
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