Community Waste

Management
Decentralised Waste Management
Decentralised waste management is about each community managing and
processing their waste in their locality and not sending it all to a centralised
large processing facility or often a landfill.

There are two principles behind decentralised waste management:

a. When waste is managed at source it becomes a resource
b. My waste in My backyard and not in someone else

The earlier we can segregate and process the waste, the resource recovery is
much better and transportation and processing costs come down. We all
need to take ownership of our waste, we can not dump our waste in other
people’s backyard and force them to bear the burden of our reckless
consumption lifestyle.
Community Waste Management

Select a
suitable
Conduct a processing
Waste Audit to mechanism
assess the based on
quantum of the
Form a team waste quantum of
to support generated. waste
the initiative generated

• To conduct the Waste Audit, you can avail the services of a professional
agency like Saahas.
 waste collection
Door-to-door Insist on Segregation at Source.
Select the appropriate Bin system.

Communicate it to residents via

posters/leaflets/electronic and social
media.

Training sessions for residents/ household

help security and housekeeping staff

Details of the various bin systems have been listed later in the series.
• Bins should not be lined with Plastic
• Green bin for the biodegradable items can only be lined with newspaper/banana
leaf
 Composting
Wet/Organic
Waste

Segregation at Bio Gas

Source
Recycling after
Dry Waste secondary
sorting.

• There are several technologies available for managing wet waste. You can select
the one appropriate for your community.
• Ensure that the vendor selected for collecting dry waste, also sorts and recycles
low value dry waste.
 Be empowered to reject
waste if not segregated

Housekeeping staff
Report about repeated
defaulters to resident
Monitoring waste volunteer
Segregation and
Collection
Create awareness
among fellow
residents, clear any
Resident Volunteers doubts or issues.
at floor/block level. Handle the
complaints put forth
by residents as well
as collection staff.

• Suitable penalisation system must be planned for defaulters and it must be strictly adhered to.

• Common e-Waste and tube lights/ CFLs bins in common areas such as club house/lobbies.

• Bulk/Odd Items, waste after a big event, parties etc. to be kept separately.
Different BIN Systems
2 Bins and a Bag
Green bin for Biodegradable,
Bag for Dry,
Red for Rejects (Includes both sanitary and HHW)

3 Bins and a Bag 4 Bins

Green bin for Biodegradable, Green bin for Biodegradable,
Bag for Dry, Blue bin for Dry,
Red bin for Sanitary, Red bin for Sanitary,
Black bin for HHW Black bin for HHW

Note: e-Waste and CFL, Tube lights could be collected through common
bins at community places.