Public Awareness

Did you know that over 4000 Metric Tons of Waste is generated, collected, transported and disposed every day in a city like Hyderabad?

Unless we reduce waste and recycle more, our environment will deteriorate putting public health at greater risk.

You can do your bit for protection of the environment by segregating waste at source as an individual, a household, an institution, a shop or establishment and hand it over for collection, transport and environmentally safe disposal.

Protect the Environment, Save the Planet

This is not the way to get rid of waste!!! Support Waste Reduction and Recycling,

Segregate Waste at Source!!!

Put off and discourage people from setting waste on fire!

Don't let the litter spoil the glitter!

Segregating Wet & Dry Waste helps to better Waste Management

WET AND DRY WASTE:

Bio-degradable waste such

as vegetable and fruit peels, dried

flowers and leaves, food and

kitchen wastes is Wet Waste

Plastics, paper, glass, metals,

tetrapak, aluminum foils etc. are

called Dry Waste

Why is it necessary to segregate?

Most of the materials in waste are recyclable, When waste is not segregated, it is difficult to pick out these materials for recycling. This leads to a lot of wastage of valuable resources

Waste that is not segregated and lying in mixed up form at dumps , contaminates ground water and releases highly flammable methane an extremely potent greenhouse gas, over 20 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Increased methane emissions enhances the greenhouse effect, trapping of heat within the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to global warming

When waste pickers and collectors handle mixed waste during collection and sorting, they get injured with cuts and abrasions. Segregation of wet and dry waste will reduce risk of injury while collecting and sorting waste.

Why is it necessary to segregate?

Segregate and Store Waste properly in Separate Containers before handing it over to the Door to Door Waste Collector for Transport and Disposal

Enables Easier, Cleaner, Safer and Optimal Resource Recovery

Reduces Waste that’s taken for Landfill

Reduces Time, Energy, Labor and Expense on Resource Recovery

Larger Quantity and Better Quality Resources can be Extracted from Waste

Leads to Growth and Modernization of Recycling Industry

Facilitates Conversion of Waste into Resource

Reduces Dependence on Extraction of Depleting Natural Resources

Promotes 3Rs and Environmentally Safe Disposal

Reduces Costs, Improves Earnings and Promotes Sustainability

Helps in Keeping Our Locality Clean & Green

Benefits to Society and Environment from

Segregation of Waste

A Few Facts on Recycling

Recycling of 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water

Recycling of 1 glass bottle or jar saves enough electricity to light 100 watt bulb for 4 hours

Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves equivalent of 1000-2000 gallons of gasoline

Making new aluminum cans from used cans takes 95 percent less energy and 20 recycled cans can be made with the energy needed to produce one can using virgin ore

for Integrated Municipal

Solid Waste Management,

The Municipal

Corporation will...

promote segregation at source, reuseand recycling

Organize primary and secondarycollection and transportation of MSW

set up and operate processing anddisposal facilities

Equip and train primary waste collectors to provide reliable,efficient, courteous and professional solid waste collectionservice. We will saturate coverage of services in existingareas and extend service to uncovered areas

Carry out timely primary and secondary collection of waste toprevent accumulation and risk to public health

Organize separate collection, storage and transport of Wetand Dry Waste to facilitate optimal resource recovery

To improve and build upon the existing Door to Door Waste Collection Service

the Municipal Corporation will:

Wet Waste will be taken up for composting and rejectsfrom composting converted into Refuse Derived Fuel(RDF)

Dry Waste will be taken to Materials Recovery Facility(MRF) and recyclable paper, plastic and metal recoveredfor use as raw material by recycling industries and rejectsconverted into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)

The residual waste after processing of Dry and Wet Wasteand recovery of useful products such as compost,recyclables and RDF will be stored in a scientific landfillwith safeguards for environmental protection

For Waste Reduction

Do your bit for protection of the environment by segregating waste that you cannot reuse or recycle by yourself and intend to dispose

Store Wet & Dry Waste in separate containers

Handover Wet and Dry Waste separately to Primary Waste Collector. Subscribe to Collection Service at a nominal fee, if you aren’t already availing of one

We assure you that the segregated waste will be collected from you on time and transported to either Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) or Composting Facility for optimizing recovery of resources and minimizing waste for landfill

Together, we can greatly reduce adverse impact on environment through better management and handling of waste and brighten our future

Together we can make our city a better place to live in

For further information, please contact:

Integrated MSW Project

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