In nature, there is nothing called waste. When elephant goes into the forest and eats nuts, some of the nuts are not digested and 

comes out in its droppings. When the droppings dry, the nuts which are exposed, are eaten by other creatures, again the 

so called waste of the elephant is aptly decomposed and blends with the soil through other small ants of the eco system. 

Waste may be called wealth in the wrong place or a misplaced resource.p

Th P i i l f WThe Principles of Waste Management• Try not to create wastey• Waste will be created by human 

beings however, segregation helps reuse easilyy

Segregating can be done as follows :‐

In India, waste is not segregated properly and is not handled well. Therefore, our cities and towns are dirty,

d thi i f th h t i t idand this is one of the reason why many tourists avoid coming to India because of poor hygienic condition.

Wet garbage can be composted in the garden by mixing with dry leaves and burying for 3 months, or it can be vermi composted. Vermi

i i h b t i th t bcomposing is a process whereby worms are put in the wet garbage which is eaten and digested and produces good quality manure.

• In most homes today, garden is not available and wet garbage can beavailable and wet garbage can be composted in vertical 3 bin system called home composter

f l d l• If you are living in a gated colony, you can suggest to your community, to generate biogas out of the wet waste of the community which can be used as athe community which can be used as a cooking fuel in the restaurant attached to the complex.

Different kinds of waste• Food Waste• Dry Waste - paper, empty cardboard boxesy p p , p y• Hazardous waste - bottles, empty paint tins,

unused expired medicines

Bio-Medical Waste• The waste generated from the hospitals is

called bio medical waste .• This should not be mixed with any other kind

of waste for public health reasons.

• While shopping, take your own bags. Plastic bags block drains, do not degenerate for thousands of years and corrupts the soil and provides breeding ground for mosquitoes which leads to many diseases like dengue, malaria

• Plastic bags are unknowingly eaten by cows, buffaloes and other animals in the forest

• The plastic which finds its way into the sea occupies an area• The plastic which finds its way into the sea occupies an area of the size of USA in the middle of the Pacific.

Waste Generated EverydayWaste Generated EverydayIndia generates approximately 150000 tons of waste everyday (MoEF).

The city wise break-up is as follows :-

Hyderabad & Bengaluru– 3000 tons

Delhi – 8000 toms

Kolkata & ChennaiKolkata & Chennai – 5000 tons

Mumbai – 6000 tons

Waste Generated EverydayWaste Generated EverydayIndia generates approximately 150000 tons of waste everyday (MoEF).

This can be categorized as :

10% Others

50% Wet Waste40% Construction Debris

Waste Categories

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Waste Generated EverydayThe above mentioned figures does not include electronic waste

which is highly hazardous.

Electronic waste consists of computers, laptops, ipod, cellphones, CFL bulbs .2mg of mercury

in CFL can poison a pond size of 1 acre.If we improve our waste management practices at

our Home and Organization the Country can become CLEANour Home and Organization, the Country can become CLEAN