Why should we segregate our waste ?

2. Garbage segregation Why should we do it ?

3. Bangalore Garden city then Garbage city now

4. Life story of our garbage Its birth – in dustbins from our home Picked up in an auto, transferred to a truck

5. Finally, dumped in waste dump on the outskirts of the city. Or burnt

6. Problems with these 2 ways of getting rid of our garbage

7. Dioxins Furans CO, CO2, NO2 1. If we burn it Toxic gases are emitted, that we breathe in Cause Cancer, Respiratory diseases. Cause birth defects in new born when inhaled by pregnant mother.

8. 2. If we dump it Toxic material in waste goes into our ground water. Disease bearing bacteria breed in the garbage. 1 cubic meter of garbage breeds 7.5 lakh flies.

9. Most of our garbage is almost immortal Decomposition times Banana Peel: 3-4 weeks Paper / cardboard: 2 months Steel Can: 50 years Plastic Bags : 20-1000 years Plastic Jug: 1 million years

10. Our garbage is actually killing us We can't burn it We can't bury it. We can't dump it and forget about it. It never dies. It haunts us forever, breeding diseases in the dump, or fouling our air with toxic gases.

11. We can't kill it, but we can Recycle it Plastic Paper Similarly Glass, Metals

12. To recycle, we need to segregate If garbage is segregated, it can be Reused or Recycled. Mixed waste pollutes. Segregated waste is clean, a Resource. Wet waste Dry waste

13. In sum We cannot kill our garbage by dumping or burning it. We can only Recycle it. To recycle we need to segregate at the source, which is our homes. Last slide