Converting food waste from Mid day meals program in Public School into compost

1. C Garden
a compost garden
@
Schools Residential Communities Public Gardens
Gowlidoddi Govt School, Hill Ridge Springs Apartments, Lumbini Park,
Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad
by the people for a
Green and Safe Planet

2. 12-Dec-11
School children participating in cleaning
the space for the C Garden
The C Garden coming up in the 10ft * 10ft
space

3. The children now drop left overs from their
plates from the midday-meal in a bin.
Earlier, they were throwing it all over the open
area in the School.

4. 13-Dec-11
Items (left to right) gathered for composting
on Day-1, by staff and students of the School:
1. Dry leaves from the School ground
2. Food left over by children
3. Vegetable peels from School Kitchen
4. Food spill-overs swept from the floor

5. 14-Dec-11
And some new additions on Day-2, Eggshells!

6. 14-Dec-11
Stirring up the compost ingredients and
letting the microbes get on with their action
silently.

7. Composted Food/Garden waste ready for harvest

8. 14-Dec-11
C Garden at Gowlidoddi Government School,
near Gachibowli, Hyderabad

9. Harvesting the first batch of compost
at the school on 25-Apr-12

10. 25-Apr-12 29-Apr-12
Red soil Garden Bed
without Compost with Compost
with Palak and Tomato seeds
13-May-12

11. Nourishment from compost