The document discusses better waste management through source segregation and resource recovery. It emphasizes that segregating wastes at source into wet/dry and biodegradable/non-biodegradable categories allows for easier, more efficient resource recovery and reduces landfill waste. Source segregation is important for optimal recovery of resources and minimizing costs. The document provides examples of segregation methods and encourages citizens to work together with local governments to modernize waste management through segregation, recycling, and preventing open burning.

1. Together We Can Make It
Happen!
“Reduce The Risk To Public Health Through
Better Management of the Wastes We Generate”

2. Recover Resources for Reuse & Recycling, Reduce Landfill!
Most wastes we generate has a second life or many lives from reuse and recycling
such as from conversion into manure, fuel, raw material and so on.
For resource recovery to be effective both in terms of cost of recovery and quality of
recovered resources, wastes have to be segregated, separated or sorted (SSS) at
source and such segregated wastes streamlined to resource recovery centers with
minimal mix ups for optimizing efforts, costs and benefits.
Resource recovery from single stream mixed wastes is expensive, inefficient and leads
to realization of low volumes and poor quality of recovered resources.

3. Segregate Wastes to enable Easier, Cleaner, Safer and
Optimal Resource Recovery
Constraints on resource recovery from single stream mixed wastes drives a good part
of the wastes generated to landfills, causing them to fill up quickly and creating
pressures to create more landfills. Finding new sites to create landfills near the city is
not an easy task . Citizens across the world have realized this and segregate wastes at
source to facilitate recovery of resources and reduction of landfill.

4. Segregation of Wastes
Dry – Wet
Biodegradable – Non-biodegradable
Garbage - Rubbish
Compostable – Recyclable – Trash
Wastes could be categorized in over a hundred ways, but to
begin with, we need to get in place at least a two bin system for
segregation such as the top three classifications given above and
handover whatever that doesn’t fit in like domestic hazardous
and bio-medical wastes separately to the door to door waste
collector or deposit them in appropriate community bins.

5. Segregated Bio-degradable Wastes can be Composted and used as
Organic Fertilizer, Soil Conditioner and Manure

6. Sorting of Dry Wastes – Paper & Plastic/Metal in Bags
for Recycling

7. Segregation At Home

8. Segregated Collection at Vegetable/Fruit Market

9. Awareness Program on Segregation

10. BBMP Poster on Segregation

11. Poster on Color Coding of Bins for Segregation of
Bio-Medical Wastes - Rajasthan

12. Prevent and Avoid Mix Ups
Ensure that only green wastes such as food, garden, horticultural and other
biodegradable wastes are only deposited in the Wet/Biodegradable/Garbage
Bin and plastic/paper disposable covers, plates and glasses aren’t deposited
along with green wastes and they are placed separately in Bin for Dry/Non-
biodegradable/Rubbish.

13. Do Not Drop these in either Dry or Wet Waste Bins
Do not put used injection needles, containers with chemical
products, used diapers and sanitary products, construction
debris etc., in either of the bins and pack them separately and
handover to collector or deposit them only in community bins
that are set up by municipality for their storage and collection.

14. Campaign Against Littering – Preach and Practice
Wastes should be deposited in Bins meant for their capture and not thrown just about
anywhere, otherwise it will become expensive for the local government to remove
and collect it. Littering should attract penalties and the person who does it shouldn’t
be allowed to get away scot free.

15. Campaign against Burning of Waste in the Open
In spite of it being law through MSW Management & Handling Rules 2000 that wastes
(including leaves) shall not be burnt, it is still common to see waste heaps being set on
fire emanating detestable toxic and noxious fumes. Wastes have to be segregated
and resources recovered from them in a appropriate environmentally acceptable way.
Open burning is destruction of potential to recover resource from waste in an
acceptable manner and pollutes the environment, particularly the air.
Put off and discourage people
from setting waste heaps on fire!

16. Together We Stand
We have before us the task of attempting and succeeding in
modernization of waste management practices in our town or
city and everyone of us should do our bit to make our town or
city a model for the rest of the country to emulate.
Citizens, NGOs, the private sector and the municipal
corporation must cooperate and unite to keep the town or city
CLEAN & GREEN.