Segregation of Organic Waste for Recycling & Treatment

S.O.R.T.

Supported by Implemented by
 Waste
Waste is any substance which is discarded after
primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use
 Sources of Wastes

Households Commerce and Industry Educational Institutes

 Current Waste Collection Process

Primary
Secondary
Collection
Collection

Transportation
Major challenges

Huge
Transportation
Burden
 Major challenges

Shortage of Landfills
Though we are facing problem of waste
 Solutions Exist
We just need to implement it and make it a
way of life

RESPONSIB
LE

RECYCLE REDUCE
5
R’s
REUSE
REPAIR
 What is need of the hour

Implement 5 R’s

Segregation of garbage at source into dry

and wet waste

Compost Wet Waste & Recycle Dry Waste

 Source Segregation
Segregate your waste, Put it in two bins, so that dry can be recycled and wet waste
can be composted.
Segregation at wardrobe and kitchen
 How to do Source Segregation ?

Man-made/Recyclable/Dry Waste Natural/Biodegradable/

Wet Waste
•Glass Bottle •Fruit Peel
•Pet Bottle
•Empty Tetra •Left over food
Pak
•Aluminum foil •Egg shell
•Trays
•Cans •Fish & meat
•Mixed paper refuse
•Carton boxes
•Newspapers •Leaves
•Tissue paper
•Paper cups •Vegetable
•Plastic cups refuse
•Rubber
•Flowers

Recycle it Compost it (Natural recycling)

 Dry Waste Categories at Household

Tetrapacks Thermocol
plastics

Glass

Pet bottels
Wrappers Tins

leather

metal

Wood Sanitary items Paper

 Dry Waste Do’s

Food in a Rinse cover if food contents were wet.

cover? Dry at kitchen sink before disposing in
Dispose food
your Dry Waste bag
contents into Wet
Waste bin

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Recycling Of Tetra Pak Cartons
More Recycled Products of Tetra Pak’s Packaging
Recycling Of Pet Bottle
 Wet Waste Categories at Household

Kitchen Garden
Egg Shell

Left over food

Waste from Kitchen

Garden Waste
Garden
Flowers

Pooja Vegetables & Coconut Shell Tea Bags

Flowers Fruits Peels
 What is NOT Wet Waste
x Soiled food covers
x Sanitary Waste such as napkins and diapers
x Cigarette butts
x Watery stuff (drain away the liquid from sambhar/curry before disposing it for composting)
x Bits of plastic (cut pieces from your milk covers can harm biogas/composting process)
x Dead animals (rats, cockroaches etc.)
x Weeds and diseased plants from the garden

Watery Sambhar
/Rasam/Curries.
Drain liquid before Take-way Milk Packets
disposal container
with yoghurt
What to do with Wet Waste?

Composting Biogas

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Organic waste converter for the treatment of
organic waste
 Uses of Wet Waste

Wet Waste

Aerobin

Use Compost as a
 As a Fertilizer
 As a Soil Conditioner
 For Soil erosion control
 Dry waste

Save Yourself

Thank You