The presentation discusses household waste, including statistics on waste production in various nations and Bangladesh. It notes that household waste includes food packaging, food scraps, bottles, cans, and other reusable materials. The document outlines problems with household waste accumulation and discusses the recyclability of common waste materials like food, paper, plastic, glass, wood, and metal. It proposes an idea to develop an e-commerce website where people can buy and sell household waste to one another in order to reduce waste and promote recycling.

1. Presentation on Trash to Cash
Presented By: Saikat Das
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2. Agenda
 Household Waste
 Household Waste Percentage of some nations and Bangladesh
 Problems and Recyclability of Household Waste
 My Thinking
 Activities
 Summarize
 Questions and Answers Session
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3. Household Waste
 Household Waste or Solid waste - comprising of garbage and rubbish that
originates from private homes or apartments.
 Types of Reusable Solid waste - bottles, cans, clothing, compost,
disposables, food packaging, food scraps, newspapers and magazines, and
yard trimmings.
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4. Top 5 Facts about Household Waste
 We produce enormous amounts of waste
- Throw 50 tons every few seconds
- Every 2 hours 12 container ships in a day
- 4380 container ship in one year.
 Our waste production is increasing
- 3000 million tons annually by 2030.
 And this is just the top of the iceberg
- 70 bags of waste upstream during extraction and production
processes.
 Where does our waste go?
 What to do?
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5. Some Nations Household Trash amount
kg/day
14.4
5.5
5.45
5.1
4.75
4.3
4.35
5.33
5.72
Second Higher Waste Producer
Country
Trinidad & Tobago
Antigua and Barbuda
St. Kitts and Nevis
Sri Lanka
Barbados
Solomon Islands
St Lucia
Guyana
Kuwait
3.68
3.58
2.8
2.61
2.58
Top Five Waste Producer
Country
New Zealand
Ireland
Norway
Switzerland
United States
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6. Bangladesh Average Household Trash
Percentage
67.65%
9.73%
5.10%
0.26%
1.13%
4.20%
2.50%
0.64%
8.79%
Household Waste Percentage in Bangladesh
Food & Vegetable Paper Products Plastic, Leather, Rubber
Metals Glass and ceramic Wood/Grass/Leaves
Rags, Textile, Jute Medicine/ Chemical Rocks, Dirt & Mise
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7. Problems of Household waste
 Huge garbage is lying down uncollected beside the roads, streets dustbins and
on the ground
 Municipal workers are most affected people
 Wastes are having different characteristics and having toxic elements
 Changes the physical, chemical and biological properties of the water bodies
 Affects drainage
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8. Recyclability of Some Household Waste
 Food – Fertilizer, Coconut bowls, Biogas etc.
 Paper – Toilet Paper and Tissues, Printer and Copier Paper , Cardboard and
Paperboard, Paper Towels and Napkins etc.
 Plastic – Flats and other footwear, travel bags, kid stuff, Soccer uniform
 Glass and ceramics - Bottles, Plates, Cup, Bowls
 Wood - Planters, Benches, Tables, headboards, birdhouses and more.
 Metal - Automobiles, Aircraft, Stainless steel, Gliders, lamps, metalwork,
sculptures
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9. Recycling Waste Example
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10. My Thinking
 Buying and selling Household Waste
 Develop an e-commerce base
website
 Benefits
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11. Activities
 For Client:
- Upload pictures, description and weights of the recyclable household
waste
- Insert time of their availability , location, sell and collect payments
(conditions available)
 For Buyer:
- Analyze the household waste
- If satisfies the requirements buy them and pay for them.
- Sell the household waste to the recycling companies/industries or
individuals and collect payments.
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12. Portion of My Thinking
Food
Waste
Post
in
Websi
te
Analys
is
Collec
tion
Comp
ost
Soil
Enrich
ment
Food
Produ
ction
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13. Don’t Waste Your Household Waste
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14. Summarizing
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15. Questions and Answers Session
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