The guide by Mahikul, created by Mohit Garg - is the ultimate guide to motivate people to do composting at home. It starts by showing the problem and its scale with numbers and images. It shows the impact of our waste on land, soil and water - one by one. Then it finally gives details on doing composting at home. Contact me to get a PPT version of this for showing to your audience.

1. From poison to Black Gold
– Top priority to save earth
Mohit Garg
Oracle Noida, 22 April, 2019
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2. Flow
1. Mohit intro
2. The large scale poisoning of
environment
3. The solution - composting?
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3. Mohit’s journey
3
Antara
Foundation
McKinsey &
Company
Bolden
Ventures
Antara
Foundation
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4. Why composting?
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5. Ghazipur, Delhi
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6. Ghazipur, Delhi
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7. Ghazipur, Delhi
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8. Ghazipur, Delhi
A pregnant sperm whale
washed up dead on a beach
in Sardinia, Italy. Its
stomach was full of plastic.
Courtesy of Seame Sardinia

9. The photographer freed this stork
from a plastic bag at a landfill in
Spain.
Courtesy of John Cancalosi
A sea horse with a ear bud
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10. Ghazipur, DelhiHyenas scavenging at a landfill in
Harar, Ethiopia.
Courtesy of Brian Lehman

11. “Ghazipur garbage dump almost as
tall as Qutub Minar.” – Sep ‘18
Everyone producing waste and all the landfills far
exceed their capacity
“Uttarakhand generates 1,400 ton
solid waste daily, but processing is
zero.”- June ‘18
“Raising a stink: The waste bomb is
ticking for India.” – Sep ‘17
Source: Ministry of environment, CPCB
“Mountains of Garbage Engulf
India’s Capital.”
– Sep ‘18
“The dumps in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata have
become some of the largest, least regulated
and most hazardous in the world.”- Ranjith
Annepu, Waste WiseJune, Jun ‘18
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12. “23 held for protest against
landfill site in Noida.”- June ‘18
Yet, no one wants waste it near them!
“Mumbai residents took to the streets
on Tuesday to protest about toxic
smog from a burning landfill site” –
June ‘18
“Police detain 21 protesting
against Mandur (Bangalore)
landfills.” – June ‘14
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13. And it is unleashing its fury on nature and wildlife!
“Wild elephants in Sabarimala
are dying of plastic
consumption, why are we
ignoring it”? Feb ‘18
“Arunachal's pristine river
Kameng turns into a dumpyard.”
– Apr ‘19
“Dead whale washed up in
Philippines had 40kg of plastic
in its stomach including 16 rice
sacks and shopping bags.” – Apr
‘19
Kameng river, Arunachal
Pradesh
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14. Let’s consider Noida’s waste generation
66,000 kgs or about 80 trucks Per day!
Would form almost a kilometre long que
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15. 70-80% of this waste is the life supporting,
non-renewable resource - Soil
Wet waste, 80% Dry waste, 20%
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16. By mixing wet and dry waste, we are poisoning
land water and air
Air
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17. Soil: 70-80% of the waste goes to landfills, slowly
poisoning the water
1. Clean water unavailability
2. Diarrhea
3. Cancers
4. Genetic mutations
5. Birth defects: autism,
defective parts
6. Kidney, liver and lung failures
• Landfills slowly release
leachate a deadly liquid having
heavy metals and toxins
• This leachate contaminates
underground water
• Harmful bacteria reach soil
“Across India, high levels of
toxins in groundwater.” – Jul
‘18.
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18. Air: As per estimates, 2-8% of all the waste is burnt
while the landfills also are mostly on fire
1. Big landfill fires: The garbage
mountains of NCR are frequently on
fire, major or minor
2. Smaller heaps on fire: Even if we
take a conservative estimate of 1%
for Noida, it would mean about
7,000 tons of mixed plastic waste
being burnt per day!
3. Waste-to-energy: Incineration of
low calorie, mixed waste. While
challenged globally, India on a spree
4. Methane: Landfills release
Methane, the worse green house
gas, adding to global warming
“Nearly 15,000 premature deaths per
year due to air pollution in Delhi.” – IIT
Bombay study, - Jul ‘18
“Fire at Bhalswa landfill adds to
Delhi’s smog” – Oct ‘18
“The Kolkata dump that's
permanently on fire: 'Most people
die by 50” – Dec ‘18
“Election 2019: Pollution Finds Mention at
Last in Parties' Poll Promises.” – Apr ‘19
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19. Water: 5-10% of the waste is dumped into rivers,
oceans, lakes
1. 3 trucks of mixed garbage dumped
into Indian rivers per min, most big
and small rivers are dying fast
2. Biggest plastic patch in Ocean is bigger
than India and by 2050, it is estimated
there will be more plastic than fish in
oceans
3. Ancient marine creatures going
extinct, 10 lac fish die every year due
to plastic
4. Polluted water is used for irrigating
crops
5. Microplastic is present water bodies
including Mariana's trench
6. Only 5-8% of plastic is recycled
7. Plastic can only be recycled once
8. Recyclers or pickers refuse soiled food
plastic objects, small objects
Garbage
dumping in
Amazon
river
“42 Indian rivers have extremely high concentration
of neurotoxic heavy metals.” – Jun ‘18. Central
Water Commission.
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20. What is composting?
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21. • Composting is a process that
speeds up the natural decay of
organic material by providing the
ideal conditions for detritus-
eating organisms to thrive
• The end-product nutrient-rich soil
also called as ‘black gold’
We cannot change governments or policies
but can do something that can address 70-
80% of the problem
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22. Composting starts from segregation
Wet waste (Bio de-gradable) Dry waste (Non-bio degradable)
• Plastic
• All packaging material
• Polythenes, other plastic items
• Bones
• Metal, glass, construction material
• E-waste: Batteries, phones, ear-phones etc.
• Fruits, vegetables and their peels
• Cooked food, uncooked food, left overs
• Tea/coffee left overs
• Gardening waste: Leaves, twigs
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23. Wet waste (Bio de-gradable) Dry waste (Non-bio degradable)
• Plastic
• All packaging material
• Polythenes, other plastic items, bones
• Metal, glass, construction material
• E-waste: Batteries, phones, ear-phones etc.
• Fruits, vegetables and their peels
• Cooked food, uncooked food, left overs
• Tea/coffee left overs
• Gardening waste: Leaves, twigs etc.
Put all wet waste in a
steel or plastic bin and
wash it. No polybag
needed.
The smaller the
pieces, the easier it
is to compost. www.mahikul.org
What is composting?
• Composting is a natural, process that speeds
up the natural decay of organic material
• It uses microbes to naturally digest waste
• Can be done at home or community level
• The end-product is a nutrient-rich soil, also called as
‘black gold’
• Can be used in gardens, pots, farms as manure
• If your wet waste is not composted, segregation is useless
Why segregation and composting?
• All our vegetable, fruits and food left over is a form
of soil
• By mixing wet waste with plastic, we are turning this
non-renewable resource into poison
• Farmers are dying due to non-productive soils
• Segregation and composting saves 70% in garbage
management costs
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Start segregating your waste into wet and dry. Save environment
through eco-friendly waste management.
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24. There are mainly two scales of composting
Household level Community level
• Has limitations and cannot compost
harder things like shells, wood, etc.
• Sometimes smelly with different
kinds of insects
• Slow – each cycle takes a month
• Can compost most types of organic
waste including hard shells
• Does not disturb the residents
• Much faster – each cycle takes 7-15 days
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25. Successful communities
Society
Noida Eldeco Amantran
Homes 121
Prateek Wisteria
Gurgaon Gardern Estate
Hamilton Court
Vastu CGHS
Vipul Greens
Bangalore Shobha Dehlia Apartments

26. Useful tips
1. Maintain optimum moisture
content – will learn it with time
2. Keep adding compost layers
3. Protect it from rain water
4. Leave it open

27. Contact
Founder: Mohit Garg
Mobile: +91 9810653740
Email: mohit.rf@gmail.com
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