Sensitization for students and teachers at Kumaran school - where waste mgt just started

3. Programmes
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
• Waste Sensitive Communities
• Less Plastic for Me
• E-Waste Management

4. Saahas Zero Waste Solutions LLP
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
Providing professional waste management
services to companies, Schools,
households and communities.
Collectively we recycle 7,000 kgs of waste
per day from our clients
Providing livelihood opportunities and
strengthening the informal Sector involved
in collection and recycling of waste.

5. KASA RASA
From waste to resources
Community Waste Management initiatives in
Ejipura, near NGV and in High Tension Wire area,
near Jyothi Nivas College, Koramangala
Partners BBMP, CSA, CHF and Saahas

6. Residents handing over segregated waste:

7. Collection by BBMP. Further segregation in the auto:

8. Composting of food waste from the neighbourhood

9. Sorting of Dry waste

10. Waste Sensitive Kumaran
• Sources?
• Types?

13. Waste Sensitive Kumarans
• Segregate – dry recyclable from wet organic
waste (food and leaves)
• Also segregate e-Waste, look for bin
• Toilet and medical waste, chemical waste from
labs to be kept separate - rejects
• Dry waste picked up
by Saahas for
secondary sorting and
recycling
•The organic waste
sent to Mallasandra
campus for
composting in tanks

14. 90% of waste
is recyclable!

16. Recycled products
• Paper – recycled paper products
• Plastic – used for roads and recycled
plastic products such as chairs, raincoats,
lower grade plastic bags.
• Tetra Pak cartons – recycled paper
products and roofing sheets
• E-waste – plastic, metals

17. Pick the least recyclable material
• Plastic
• Glass
• Metal

18. Pick the least recyclable material
• Plastic
• Glass
• Metal
Plastic can be recycled at most 4 to 5 times,
while glass and metal can be recycled over
and over without loss of quality.
Source: CERE, Mumbai

19. How long does it take to
bio-degrade?
Vegetables and fruits  3 - 4 weeks
Paper  1 month
Wood  10-15 years
Aluminum cans  200 -300 years
Plastic  450 – 1000 years
Thermocol, glass,  Never, Unknown

20. REFUSE A PLASTIC BAG,CARRY YOUR OWN
SHOPPING BAG

21. reduce MORE
reuse
recycle
landfill LESS

22. United States: The Revis family of
North Carolina
Food consumption for 1 week
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food consumption for 1 week

23. Change. We make it happen

24. Welcome to waste sensitive
BANGALORE
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, REFUSE, RECOVER, REPAIR, RESTORE, RECLAIM