On 13-Oct-2012, ApartmentADDA and DailyDump together concluded an info-packed workshop on Solid Waste Management, exclusive for Apartment Complexes. This presentation is a complete guide to T Zed Homes, a 100 unit Apartment Complex in Whitefield, Bangalore on Solid Waste Management and Waste segregation.They employed a very simple and convenient process which involved Door to door Campaigns to impart the importance and necessity for the waste segregation in their Apartment Complex. A Case-Study from 8 Apartment Complexes were shared during the event.To get details about the Apartment Complexes that started Waste Management initiatives years before it was a law are represented here : http://apartmentadda.com/blog/blog/2012/10/15/waste-management-workshop-for-apartments/

1. Waste Management
T-ZED Homes, Whitefield
Living responsibly

2. TZED WASTE SEGREGATION GUIDE
Rinse milk bags, juice and milk cartons, juice, syrup bottles and the like before disposing them off
• Plastic, Metal, Tetra Pak (Colour code: • Digestor (kitchen waste)
BLUE)  Vegetable and fruit peels / discards
 All Plastic carry / packing bags  Left over food and readymade snacks
 Milk / oil / snack / chips / candy sachets and  Meat and bones
wrappers  Grains, pulses, flour, nuts
 Plastic items like brushes, spoons, toothpaste tubes  Milk, curd
 All kinds of containers, cans, bottles, lids No Large quantities of oil / butter / ghee
 Pipes, nuts, bolts, Aluminium foil No Garden waste, grass, banana leaves
 Tetra pak pouches and cartons No Curry leaf twig
Do No Put Bulbs, tube lights, thermometers No Coconut / egg / walnut shell, mango kernel
No Paper tissue
• Paper and Cardboard (Colour code: WHITE) • E-Waste
 Regular / glossy / plastic coated paper • Mercury and alkaline batteries
 Advert pamphlets  Cell / laptop / equipment chargers
 Receipts / bills / statements  PC, monitor, printer
 Children’s craft paper, chart paper  Electrical parts like wires, switch boxes
 Paper cups and plates  Appliances like hot plate, iron, microwave
 Pizza / cereal boxes / cartons  CDs and floppy disks
 Packing cardboard No Bulbs, tube lights, thermometers
 Magazine, Books
No Car / lead acid batteries
No Styrofoam plates, cups, containers
No Soiled paper / tissue
• Glass Bottles
 All types of Glass bottles
• Newspaper  Do No put broken bottles
• Daily Newspapers, supplements, specials printed on
newsprint.

3. Waste PICKUP Schedule
General Digestor Mixed Paper Plastic+Metal Newspaper E-Waste Unbroken Glass
Based on Bottles +
BBMP Glassware
schedule
Sunday* Yes 1st Sunday of
the Month
Monday Yes Yes Yes
Tuesday Yes
Wednesday Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thursday* Yes
Friday Yes Yes
Saturday Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Residents can request for an extra garbage pickup before 4:30pm, for an additional
charge of Rs. 50/ per pickup

4. Samarthanam Parisara
A waste management programme initiated by Samarthanam Trust
for the Disabled. You can also work with them for a waste free
environment and help make these children smile.
The revenue generated from your waste is utilised for supporting
the disabled children of Samarthanam Trust.
Dry Waste Helpline
9449864680 Samarthanam Parisara
#1129 19th Main
Road
J.P. Nagar 2nd Phase
560078 Bangalore

8. What worked for us
• Standardization of the process
• Simple and convenient process
• Door-to-door campaigns
• Training the waste pick-up person and giving
him the authority to reject un-segregated or
mixed waste
• Regularity of schedule
• Finally a core group of committed residents