OFFICIAL PROJECT PLAN

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 Introduction

BACKGROUND AND PROJECT MISSION

The Project aims to make a rural school self reliant in their waste management

and tries to make it a ZERO WASTE community which can inspire others to follow. Waste management is the need of
the hour because it has been mismanaged for years and we are already witnessing the effects of it like loads of pollutants
in air , water and soil. It also has an indirect effect on the global climatic crisis.

It is important for school children to understand the importance of waste management as it could become a severe crisis
in future. So the target area would be a rural school.

LONG TERM VISION

The Project hopes to accomplish four goals in the long term:

Create Efficiency and Convenience within Systems-usage ,

Change the Culture of Waste Handling by adapting efficient Technical ,
Develop & Implement Creative New Solutions using Research and Development
To keep the environment clean and pollution free.

STAGES OF INVOLVEMENT

Waste is usually handled in four stages.

Generation Analyze and reduce the sources of waste

Collection Identify and improve systems of collection
Segregation Identify & evaluate existing processes and put in force more efficient ones
Treatment Identify & evaluate current systems and put in force more efficient ones

CONSEQUENCES OF WASTE INDISCIPLINE

Mishandling of waste can have a variety of consequences on our every day life. Besides creating an unhealthy
and unhygienic living environment, it is responsible for the spread of diseases, pollution of lakes and water
bodies leading to loss of biodiversity and the inefficient use of land and our resources. It is extremely important
that we organize and manage the waste management sector of our country, which is an infrastructural necessity
for all of the other sectors to survive.

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WASTE PRODUCED

It is important to know the sources of waste in order to make sure

that the collection process (the next step) can be organized most
efficiently. The following pie chart shows a break down of the
composition of waste in the school . More than two-thirds of the
waste (70%) is composed of Food and Vegetables, which are
biodegradable. The next largest percentages consist of Garden
Waste (11%), Plastic (5%) and Paper Products (4%), which are also
either recyclable or biodegradable. This is helpful to know so that
once we have identified our sources and created a systematic
process of collection, we can also set up an efficient system of
COMPOSITION
segregation at the very point of origin.
Food and water 60%
Garden Waste 19%
Plastic 5%
Paper products 11%
Other 5%,

This data are collected by ourselves by

visiting the environment and the
management of waste in the school and the
major problem was water which is used for
drinking also contain high sodium chloride
in it.

The food they are provided and vegetable

waste generated for making the food also
plays a major problem as it makes unhealthy
environment .

This survey made us realize the major

problems and what are their needs so we are
managed to provide a efficient way for
disposing the waste to make sure to provide
a healthy environment .

The other waste that are generated from

school are plastic, wood etc.

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TREATMENT:

Biodegradable - Solid wastes are used for the production of biogas

- Water is treated and reused

STEPS FOR WATER TREATMENT

The heavy particles of dissolved alum deposit on the suspended clay particles in water and settle down at the
bottom. Thus, adding alums helps in purifying water. Q. Potash alum removes impurities from water by
coagulation of impurities.

7.5 gm of alum can be added for 1 literliter of tap water .

Step 1: The impure water is collected in a container.

Step 2: Alum is added into the water ,depending on the impureness .
Step 3: After the addition of alum let the solid particles settle down .
Step 4: After the completion of the sedimentation ,the water undergoes the filtration process.

Food Waste Management:

STEPS:

The food is collected in the system STEPS FOR FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT

1.Take an empty Drum.

2.Put holes and connect the pipe which is the outlet.
3.Put a hole in the lid so that we can collect biogas from there into a airbag which is a used tube.
3.Fill the drum with slurry and the cow dung must be kept in a container for 30 days so that the bacteria is
formed.
4.Add organic waste into it and also add water and keep the whole set in sun’s exposure for 7 days.
5.After 7 days the airbag will be filled with biogas which can be used for cooking.

BIOGAS INFO

If you're going to use this to cook, probably best to do it outside. The yellow flame shows that there is incomplete
combustion of the methane. The bi-product in carbon monoxide which is odorless and deadly. Be careful! I would only
burn it in a very well ventilated place.

In normal biogas plant ,the biogas which is produced has 55-60% of methane and 40% of carbon dioxide ,the normal way
of generating biogas is the decomposition of waste in absence of oxygen

(Cattle dung+dry leaves+wet garbage)+water = slurry

This slurry is the waste used to produce biogas and also which is going to be used for manure for agricultural purposes etc.

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Biogas requirements

 Mixing tank
 Inlet chamber
 Digester tank
 Overflow tank
 Exit pipe

For Flocculation: water treatment

 1kg of alum
 Container tank to collect waste water
 Pipes
 Purifier
 disinfectant

DATA collected from the Survey :

according to the The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , on average, a person generates 0.78 pounds (0.35 kg) of food waste
per day. Therefore, 800 students in a higher secondary school in Nandampakkam may generate around 624 pounds (283 kg) of food
waste per day.

Over a school year, which typically lasts around 180 days, this could amount to approximately 112,320 pounds (51,000 kg) of food
waste. However, this is only an estimate, and the actual amount of food waste generated by the school may be higher or lower
depending on various factors.

 Liters of water used = 1500 lit

 No of students in high school 800+ students where in mid school 450+ students are present

 Quantity of waste - more plastic waste and food waste

 Water tank capacity 1500-2000

 Do they have separate pipeline for domestic use alone - yes

 Do they have enough space for construction - yes

 Do have they have canteen - no

 Dry leaf waste - may be

 Food waste YES\ NO - yes

 Plastic waste quantity -very high (5kg)

 Gardening yes\no = no (need to construct)

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Details noted in survey :

The school students throw the plastic waste as like in the school surrounding and the food is wasted daily. They do bring the
morning breakfast but though they provide food in the school, that morning food is poured out in the dustbin and gets wasted.

The school requested us to come up with a solution of purifying the water. The salt water need to be purified in order to construct a
Reverse Osmosis solution for this problem.

In the cooking space they use 4 lpg gases per month , and the cook for 3 hours per day.

We can avoid the use of gas count by using the biogas plant, which can convert the food waste into domestic fuel.

According to our survey, the domestic usage of water can be recycled in this school , because the water used for the purpose to wash
their hands are let down as waste. We can recycle the water and use for gardening , in restroom or other cleaning purpose. So that the
waste water is not wasted , it is recycled.

Images collected in the Survey :