Operation Green Gold

how a little inconvenience in thekitchen can make a BIG difference

to our lives all around

the pilot site: Vaishali, Ghaziabad

• Ghaziabad currently generates 876 tonnes of municipal waste every day that’s dumped into the nearest landfill

• With dense construction and infills all around, the landfills are getting saturated

• Stench and toxic dust rising from these garbage heaps is vitiating the air quality

• The problem is all the more acute in Vaishali b’coz of its proximity to Ghazipur landfill site and lots of garbage piling up within the neighborhood

the pilot site: Vaishali, Ghaziabad

• Besides the storm water drain on one side and Hindon river canal on other are getting choked with industrial effluents, garbage and sewage which can soon make the stench bearable in this otherwise well-developed neighborhood in the catchment area of a Metro Rail Station which currently is the terminal station.

• In a 2-month public consultation, there is a significant intent to solve the crises even if the immediate wish is to find the low hanging fruit of finding yet another landfill.

Current Scenario

All kinds of organic, inorganic and toxic waste are stuffed into a polythene bag and collected by the garbage handler

Now that the landfills are saturated

Lots of garbage is ending up on the Main Street

Picking Up Trash by Hand, and Yearning for Dignity – New York Times, Sept. 2007 headlines

Garbage on the Main Street

Should they have books in their hands?

Made in India?

No weddings in garbage village

BANGALORE: Young men from Mavallipura, off Yelahanka, are facing the prospect of permanent bachelorhood - not because they are not suitable boys, but because brides are turning up their noses at their village. For Mavallipurastinks. It is Bangalore's landfill, a huge garbage mountain. – Times of India, 26 May, 2012

Operation Green Gold ScenarioHousehold Audit

Placement of right size bins at the right place

ONE for vegetarian waste

TWO for non-vegetarian waste

THREE for plastic, paper, non-toxic etc

FOUR for toxic waste – batteries, CFL, CDs etc.

FIVE for bio-medical – diapers, napkins, syringes etc.

Deeper pit – longer decomposition

Did you know that 27% of the waste

stream is yard clippings and food scraps?

Operation Green Gold ScenarioA tapering bucket shaped stainless steel bin with a handle knob at top to lift the lid. This is usually fitted into a basketball net like hoop clamped on the wall at an ergonomic height – typically at the level of the kitchen slab.

The household green waste is put into a larger steel drum and carried on a cart every morning with sunrise to the Composting Pit.

Veg.Non-Veg

Veg.NonVeg

Operation Green Gold

When we can nurture lives, would we still need to kill?