This document provides information about how to properly deal with dry waste. It defines what dry waste includes, such as plastics, paper, and metal/glass. It explains that dry waste should be sorted into these categories and disposed of properly, either through regular collection services or donation. Key steps include thoroughly cleaning and drying any food containers before disposal, and separating dry waste from wet waste, sanitary waste, and other non-dry items. Proper disposal of dry waste into the correct streams supports recycling and reuse.

1. How to deal with DryWaste
Welcome to the world of
Recycling, Upcycling, and Reuse

2. What do you change?
From this… …to This
recycling
plastics asphalting
(plastic roads)
paper recycling
dry waste
recyclables secondary sorting glass recycling
Photo: Karan Ananth, article on Kasa
Rasa, Bangalore, The Hindu (online ed.)
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3. What is Dry Waste?
Plastics Paper Metal, Glass & Others
Plastic bags Tickets Aerosol cans
Plastic bottles Bills & statements* Aluminum cans/foil
Plastic packaging Envelopes & Covers Metal bottle caps
Broken toys Notices Glass bottles & Jars
Bubble wrap Pamphlets Incandescent Bulbs,
Take-away containers* Paper wrappers Tetrapack
Food packets* Computer Printouts Thermocole/Styrofoam
Pickle packs* Paper plates
Milk Sachets* Papers that are oily and soiled tissue
WARNING: Do not crush aerosol cans
papers should be discarded with debris Rinse and dry glass bottles before disposal
* Food packets, pickle packs and take-away waste
food containers have to be thoroughly
Dispose broken glass/ceramic with debris waste
rinsed and dried before disposal * Tear any confidential papers such as bank after placing in a thick plastic/paper bag
statements/notices before disposal.
* Food covers that are too oily should be
discarded with debris waste Newspapers can be collected on a monthly
basis and donated to NGOs who make bags
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4. What is NOT Dry Waste
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
Do not dispose take away
containers with food. Do not dispose Human or pet- Do not dispose ear
Dispose food in Wet Waste bin, rinse and
hair with dry waste. Dispose buds, waxing strips etc with
dry the container/cover and before
disposing with dry waste these in Sanitary Waste Dry Waste. These should go
with Sanitary Waste.
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5. Dry Waste Do’s
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Food in a cover?
Dispose food contents Rinse cover if food contents were wet. Dry at
into Wet Waste bin kitchen sink before disposing in your Dry
2 Waste bag
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Squeeze your toothpaste
facewash etc to the last before Open up and
disposal. Use an old crush/fold paper
toothbrush for this …saves at cartons before
least a week’s worth of stuff disposal. Saves a
Empty and rinse out
load of space
remnants in shampoo
or moisturizer bottles.
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6. Dry Waste Collection
Collection: Collect Dry Waste Collection: Fix a bin on the Collection: Rinse and dry milk
in bag* hung in your kitchen or cupboard door of your sink. Use covers. Collect in a box to
utility area. this to collect your Dry Waste dispose monthly to your local
scrap dealer
* Do not use thin polythene bags to store Dry Waste at your home
Plastic woven bags or cloth bags are sturdy and reusable
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7. Dry Waste Sorting@ Home
Once a week sort dry waste collected in your bag into
Plastic, Paper, Metal & Others. Dispose to common dry
waste collection (see next slide)
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
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8. Dry Waste Disposal
Dry Waste Sorted into Plastic and Paper Bins at Common Collection Location
Metal and glass are small amounts can be carried
together in the “Paper” bag and disposed into the Glass
“Metal, Glass & Others” bin 3% Others
Metal 2%
5%
In apartments weekly/fortnightly door-
to-door collection of sorted Dry Waste
Paper
by housekeeping is a best practice
40%
NOTE: Your Dry waste contains around 15 types of Plastic
plastic, paper, metal and glass. Sorting at home will be really 50%
helpful to make the post-collection sorting that much easier
Dry Waste Composition
(note: %ages are approx) 8

9. Dry Waste Recycling
Weekly collection by nearest
Dry Waste Collection Center (DWCC) Kartavya, Dry Waste Collection Center, Domlur
Call BBMP Control Room to locate your nearest DWCC
080-2266-0000
Bangalore Dry
Refer attached
Waste Collection Centers
list of DWCC
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10. Reduce your Dry Waste
Your resource directory for ways to reduce/upcycle/recycle your waste
Thunk India: Buy upcycled items made from hard to recycle Dry Waste
http://www.thunkinindia.com/
Reduce – Practical Guide
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/reduce.html
Recycle, eh! : Practical tips to reduce, reuse and repurpose …
http://www.recycle-eh.com/tips.htm
Donate old clothes, blankets, bedsheets, books , stationery, and other useful items
In Bangalore
RK Foundation: 080-6559 4809; info@rkfoundation.org; www.rkfoundation.org
Sri Rakum School: 080-25215253; rakumrakum@yahoo.com; www.rakum.org
Goonj: Mr. Chandan ; 9663798026 ; chandan@goonj.org;
Sell Old Furniture and other stuff
Quikr: http://www.quikr.com
Ebay: http://www.ebay.in/
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11. Happy Segregation,
and Recycling!
more solutions and ideas
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