Indian Household Wastes - Categories and their Management

Prepared Sep 2012: This document lists possible waste generated in an Indian household , their categorization as per latest BBMP directives . The document aims to provides guidelines' to citizens in segregating their house hold waste Wet Waste: Most of the wet waste should be handed over within 24hrs without using plastic cover . This can be composted Sanitary Waste: The waste of this category should be neatly wrapped in newspaper and marked with red cross. Most of these categories will be handover along with Wet waste if Wet waste is not being composted . If wet waste is being composted, then these should be handed over Dry Waste: To be cleaned and stored. Handed over to recyclers on regular intervals Hazardous Household Waste: DO NOT MIX IT WITH OTHER WASTE. If broken or very small, please wrap in newspaper. To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care E-waste can be categorised as Hazardous Household waste DO NOT MIX IT WITH OTHER WASTE. To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care Sl Waste Name No Waste Category: Wet Waste 1 Vegetable Peels 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 Fruit Peels Rotten Vegetables / Rotten Fruits Leftover food Mango Seeds Used Tea Bags Used Coffee Powder from Filter Egg Shells Rotten Eggs Coconut Shells Tender coconut Shell Coconut Fibre Used flowers / leaves after Puja Spoiled spices Floor Sweeping Dust Meat and Non Veg Food Remains Bones Expired food items packets (like bread , biscuits , ready to food) Hair, Finger or toe nails Remains Pet Food Special Notes

To be handed over directly to BBMP. DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted To be handed over directly to BBMP. DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted To be handed over directly to BBMP. DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be composted Hand over separately so that it can used as fuel. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover Hand over separately so that it can used as fuel. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover Hand over separately so that it can used as fuel. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be Composted Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be Composted Can be hand over along with Wet waste Please drain all liquid and hand over to BBMP.DO not put it in plastic cover. This can be Composted The can be handed over with Wet waste. Wrapped in newspaper Remove the items from their package. Drain liquid and then hand over as Wet waste Wrap it newspaper Wrap it in newspaper

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Garden leaves, Weeds ,Dried Flowers Used Rangoli Power

If its not too much, then it can be handover along with wet waste To be handed over directly to BBMP. DO not put it in plastic cover . This can be composted

Waste Category: Dry Waste 1 Mop Stick, Brooms 2 Used Mop cloth 3 Expired Credit /Debit/loyalty Cards with magnetic Strip 4 Unusable shoes 5 Used Sachets of Shampoo, Tooth Paste , small quantity of Horlicks/Bournvita etc. 6 7 8 9 10 11 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Bisleri kind of water Bottles Tetra Packets (Juices, Milk etc) Small cartoon Boxed like in Corn Flakes etc. Used Tooth Paste Tubes Toilet Cleaning Brush Brusher and Scrubs used for cleaning Used and dirty Foot Mats or door mats Bottles and container of pesticide Used Tooth Brush Soap Covers Chocolate wrappers (Small Toffees or Candy's) Chocolate Wrapper for big bars Butter Papers used to wrap butter Milk Covers Ghee/ Oil Packets Curd Packets Idly or any other Batter packets Oil Cans Small Tubs like the ones used for jam , cheese , yogurt etc Empty Bottles: shampoo, Perfume, floor or toilet cleaners Tubes , cans of shaving cream , Deodorant, creams , etc Old Posts Broken Stationery like pen, pencil, eraser etc Used Razor / Razor Blades New paper, Used paper pieces Package of food items Small and destroyed Old Cushions Thermocol / Thermocol Balls from bean bags Small broken Toys Covers with just silver lining inside like the ones in Lay packets, kurkure packets etc

Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Hand over separately . DO NOT Use Plastic Cover To hand over Break it. Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Wrap it in newspaper. Avoid Buying them because its not recyclables. Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately

Clean it, Dry It, Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It, Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Dry it and wrap the brush with newspaper. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover To hand over Dry it and wrap the brush with newspaper. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover To hand over Hand over separately . DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Avoid using this. This is rarely recyclable. Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Hand Over separately Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Avoid Buying them because its not recyclable. Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately

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Plastic Covers used to pack groceries etc. Leather, Rexene, Rubber, furniture, Thermocol (expanded polystyrene) Broken house hold Plastic items Tin Bottles , like Pepsi cans etc. Pieces of Aluminum Foils used to cover Ghee, Jam etc. Tissue Paper used for reasons other than sanitary/medical

Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over

Waste Category: Hazardous House Hold waste 1 Expired medicines To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 2 Mosquito Repellent refill bottles To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 3 Mosquitoes repellent mats Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over 4 Tablets covers To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 5 Syrups bottle To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 6 Injection bottles To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 7 Other medicinal discards Drain all liquids. To be separately handed over to collectors or collection centre with at most care 8 Batteries, button cells Store them separately in a thick bag or a box. Hand them over separately 9 CDs Store them separately in a thick bag or a box. Hand them over separately 10 CFL, Tube light If it is broken, pack them well in newspaper and then hand over. Else hand then directly 11 Printer Cartridges Hazardous House Hold waste Store them separately in a thick bag or a box. Hand them over separately 12 Broken clock watch electronics If its broken, pack them well in newspaper and then hand over. Else hand then directly 13 Broken Thermometer If it is broken, pack them well in newspaper and then hand over. Else hand then directly 14 Pieces of wires, old electronic parts, Store them separately in a thick bag or a box. Hand them over separately old phones, adapters, chargers, blue tooth etc 15 Bottles / Cans of Room Fresheners Inform and Handover separately Mosquito/ Insecticide Sprays, etc. 16 Fluorescents Inform and Handover separately 17 Expired Credit /Debit/loyalty Cards Break Them. Store them separately in a thick bag or a box. Hand them over with Chip separately 18 Broken Glasses Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over 19 Old Paints Inform and Handover separately 20 Expired cosmetics like lipsticks, nail Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand polish etc. over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over 21 Used Odonil Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Waste Category: Sanitary Waste 1 Used sanitary napkins, Panty Liners , Sanitary Cloths, Diapers, 2 Used condoms 3 4 6 Used syringes' Tissue paper used for sanitary/medical Any piece of cloth, paper stained

Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Clean it, Dry It , Store it and Hand over separately Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand

with blood or any other medical or sanitary waste Used cotton and bandage

over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over

Waste Category: Toxic Rejects / Misc 1 Used Oil 2 Dead Cockroaches, rats , Lizards etc.

Drain it. Wrap and pack well in newspaper .Mark a RED Cross on newspaper pack. Hand over separately. DO NOT Use Plastic Cover to hand over