Environmental Lecture No 4 - Waste segregation and composting

‘Segregation and composting’ is not an option but a responsibility for every citizen and Government, asserted Madhuri Varshney, an environmental activist and social worker in Dwarka.  Talking on the occasion of the 4^th monthly Lecture in its 24 Environmental lecture series organised by Green Circle, she introduced a 2 Bin and One bag method wherein red bin will be used for dry waste while green bin will be used for wet waste. Simultaneously households must maintain a bag for recyclable items. She suggested sending recyclable waste to ragpickers. Further delivering her lecture with a powerpoint presentation on Segregation and Composting, Madhuri of Rise Foundation said that End-to-end segregation must be ensured to manage garbage effectively. She added that it is not only the duty of Government, but every RWA, Society must ensure segregation at source. Dwelling on the lacuna in the system, she said garbage dumps are overflowing and is posing a severe threat to environment as well as people’s health.

She also dealt in details about the composting methods such as aerobic and anaerobic and vermin-composting methods to address the ever-growing organisc waste. She also talked on community composting and explained how her society could successfully enforce composting to dispose horticulture waste. 

Madhuri Varshney making her Presentation on Segregation and Composting 

Nidhi Gupta shared her experience in grinding organic waste in mixer to reuse it as organic compost for the plants grown by her in home garden. Appreciating her work Madhuri insisted that the members could follow her simple technique. Ramesh Murmukshu said that the aim of the people should be zero garbage since incineration of dry wastes or running a compost machine also consumes electricity which is another concern. Romilla Gandhi insisted that SDMC should handle segregated waste properly. Lamenting over the way the segregated waste is dumped in the trucks by SDMC to dump in dhalaus, the participants felt that this is the grey area in waste management. Anil Parashar Chairman of the meeting said that almost daily garbage burning is reported from various locations of Dwarka. Selvarajan Secretary of Green Circle proposed to conduct a seminar of all stake holders to address the issue.  Lamenting over the failure of the SDMC to properly transport the segregated waste, S K Sharma President of the Air force Naval Society also said that their society plans to install Garbage composting machine soon.

The Lecture meet was chaired by Anil Parashar, Vice Chairman of Green Circle. A memento was presented to the Speaker at the end

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