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G E M. Zero Garbage Project - An Expression of our love for Environment. C HURCH ON ENVIRONMENT.
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G E M Zero Garbage Project - An Expression of our love for Environment
CHURCH ON ENVIRONMENT WHAT DOES POPE SAYS“The environment is God’s gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility toward the poor, towards future generations and toward humanity as a whole” (Pope Benedict XVI)
Issues of Urban Solid Waste – INDIA Shining? INDIA WILL WIN NOBEL FOR FILTH, SAYS RAMESH“If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it hands down. There is no competition for that and we have to do something dramatic on municipal solid waste” Environment Minister JairamRamesh (courtesy: TOI, Nov. 21, 2009)
Issues of Urban Solid Waste – INDIA Shining? • With increasing urbanization and changing life styles, Indian cities now generate 8 times more solid waste than they used to in 1947. • This is due to • increase in the number of urban dwellers and • increase in the amount of waste generated per capita. • generation of waste per capita increases from 1 to 1.33 % per year. • Not only have quantities increased, but also the constitution of the wastes - Quantities of plastic matter are 70 times higher than in the 1960s. • Throughout the country, more than 1/3rd of all waste generated remains uncleared on the streets and what is collected is dumped in insanitary dumpsites polluting ground water and degrading the environment.
Solid Waste Scenario at Mumbai/Navi Mumbai/THANE • Thousands of tons of waste is generated daily • Hundreds of Crores of Tax Payers’ money is spent in transporting waste to the dumping grounds, besides increasing air pollution by the garbage carrying vehicles. • Accumulated garbage on the road side bins causes stray dog menace, floods, various decease like dengue, Malaria and so on. • Unsegregated waste dumped in dumping grounds poses threat to environment contaminating ground water table and destroying the ecosystems. • Recyclable material goes waste resulting in loss of national income, besides losing thousands of tons of wet garbage which can be used to produce fertile Manure. • Hundreds of acres of land is used as dumping grounds.
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai/Thane are overflowing with garbage generated by you and me Plastic waste strewn all over the land ….. …….. and Water bodies In desperation and ignorance people burn accumulated garbage which produces Toxic fumes. Are we solving the problem or creating more? Plastics burning results in Air and soil pollution and release of carcinogenic Dioxins and Furans
AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND COMMITTED CATHOLICS WHAT CAN WE DO?Encourage Community participation to work towards a garbage free society by initiating waste management techniques such as ‘Zero Waste’. Our SCCs, Women’s Groups, Civic/Political Cells, Bombay Catholic Sabha units can play a crucial role, and make a difference!
Traditional vs Modern TRADITIONAL Total reliance on Municipality But can Municipality cope up? NO MODERN Public Private partnership i.e. by Sharing of responsibility between public, private and voluntary sectors.
Zero GARBAGE means… Reducing the volume of generation of garbage by using the method of SEGREGATION OF GARBAGE AT SOURCE. Segregation at source means separating The wet and dry garbage in the kitchen Itself. Two bins are kept in the kitchen for Wet garbage and dry garbage separately. Which is wet and which is dry garbage? See Next…
Recyclable/Reusable/other Plastics, Metal Coconut shell Thermacol, foam Rexene Battery cells Paper Cloth rubber Bulbs…. Miscellaneous Bio degradable Vegetable waste Food waste Garden waste Wood pieces Hair/nails Egg shells Bones flesh Used cotton… Wet and dry garbage Dry Garbage Wet Garbage
Benefits of Zero waste • Valuable recyclable materials will not be wasted at dumping grounds. • Conversion of wet garbage into manure, nature’s wealth being restored. • Cleaner roads, lesser pollution • And many more…..
3 Steps to attaining Zero Garbage.first step 1. Awareness / education • Handouts, PowerPoint Presentation, street plays, group meetings and so on • Key points explaining: • What is segregation of garbage at source? • Which is wet and dry garbage? • Which is Recyclable & Biodegradable garbage? • What are the benefits of segregation? • What is Composting? • How to make your society a ‘zero garbage’ society?
3 Steps to attaining Zero Garbage. step 2 2. Trial Segregation • Daily segregation at source by each family – wet and dry in two separate bins. • Society circular to ensure- compliance. • Daily monitoring by the team. • Review and correction of - families who fail to segregate.
3 Steps to attaining Zero Garbage – STEP 3 3. Achieve total Zero garbage After successful trial segregation, the society workers will be instructed to dump all the wet waste from the residents in the Society Compost Pit or Neighbourhood Compost Pit (As Planned Beforehand).
COMPOSTING The wet garbage collected from all the flats of your society will be dumped in the Compost Pit. Over it spray EM solution (other solutions also available) to felicitate the speedier decomposition of this waste which ultimately converted into fertile manure. There are also NGOs and other experts who train the housing society workers/residents on the method of Composting more scientifically ( see later)
COMPOSTING-AT YOUR OWN HOME It is ideal if all the residents of the society segregate their household waste and join the ‘zero garbage project’. But for some reasons if this is not possible, you can compost your daily wet waste at your own home. HOW? Take a big drum/bucket. Make a few holes at the bottom to pass out the liquid. You may keep this drum/bucket in the courtyard, balcony or terrace. Daily shift the wet garbage from your small kitchen bin to this bigger vessel. As you keep dumping the wet waste, it keeps on decomposing declining its volume due to which it will take long time to get your bucket full. Once the vessel is nearly full, use another. Keep the earlier bucket idle till its contents dries and turns into small particles. This is the fertile manure your are looking out for. This can be used for your home grown plants or housing society plants, or even can be sold!
What is EM solution? EM, in short, is Effective Micro-organism. It is a liquid solution of effective micro organism. Activated EM solution (see next slide) can help in the speedy decomposition process and prevents the smell. (As said earlier, you can use even other locally available solutions recommended by the experts or NGOs ).
ACTIVATION OF EM SOLUTION INGREDIENTS • 1 liter Concentrated - Maple - EM1 Solution. • 18 liters of clean water. • 1 kg of jaggery/molasses. PROCEDURE Take a 20 liter capacity bucket. Fill 18 liters of clean water, 1 liter concentrated EM solution and 1 Kg of jaggery. Stir the water till all ingredients dissolve completely in the water. Close the bucket with an air tight cover and place it at a dark place (away from the sunlight). Daily open the cover of the bucket to release the gas. In 5-7 days, the surface of the contents in the bucket will be covered by whitish substance. This means, the EM is now Activated, and is ready for use.
WHERE MAPLE EM1 solution IS AVAILABLE? Concentrated Maple EM 1 solution is available at Pune, and may be received by currier services. Contact: MrJere M M Bhumi Agro Services, Pune Mobile 98230 36910 Email: boomiagroservices@yahoo.co.in
Thank You! The PowerPoint produced by Ruth D’Souza With the inputs given by Karuna Kendra, CCO Our Lady of Mercy Church, Pokhran
QUESTIONS FOR GROUPDISCUSSION(you may adapt these questions as per your need)Q1. There are people who say, the environmental issues like solid waste management is the problem of government. It is not citizens’ problem. Comment.Q. 2 – In civic issues like zero garbage, we may have to involve people irrespective of their caste, creed, social status etc. Do you foresee any hurdles in this respect? If yes, how do you overcome them, say, in your housing society?Q. 3 – After today's, session, what is your suggested for follow-up?
