2. WASTE COLLECTION IS
EASIEST IN SLUMS
Slum dwellers are always the most
neglected sector for waste collection.
They desire and understand the need for
a clean environment and the costs of ill
health.
They are the most willing to cooperate in
improved waste management efforts.
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3. SLUM DWELLERS ARE THE MOST WILLING
TO PAY FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Despite having lower incomes
than other areas, collection is
most forthcoming and easiest
to collect in slums.
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4. FIVE EASY PROVEN METHODS FOR
WASTE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT
1, Lorry at the slum entrance
2, Door-to-door collection in handcarts
3, Take-away bins in narrow lanes
4, Shared bio-bins
5, Community bio-bins
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5. LORRY AT SLUM ENTRANCE
Slum lanes are usually kept clean, but waste
usually lies uncollected in large heaps just
outside the slum entrance.
It takes a lorry 15-20 minutes to load this.
Instead, a lorry waits at slum entrance at a fixed
time, while helper moves through slum with
whistle to announce its arrival.
Slum-dwellers come to lorry with their waste.
Lorry pickup time and frequency unchanged.
So no extra payment is required.
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6. DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTION
IN HANDCARTS
This is done in Calcutta’s upgraded slums
where lanes are paved and wide
enough for movement.
Waste is collected in the usual way in
hand-carts at a fixed time of day.
No payment is required as this replaces
earlier lane-sweeping practices.
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7. TAKE-AWAY BINS IN NARROW LANES-1
In Mumbai, slum assns appoint youths for
cleaning work, before going to college or jobs.
First a mass clean-up drive is undertaken.
Then the new system is immediately started.
7-8am : narrow open drains are swept clean.
8am : 50-litre bins given by city are placed at
path crossings, one per 25 homes or so.
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8. TAKE-AWAY BINS IN NARROW LANES-2
8-10 am : waste is carried from each home to
nearest bin at residents’ convenience.
10-11 am : All bins are removed and unloaded
directly into waiting truck outside slum, and
stacked till next day.
City’s cooperation in regular and punctual
presence of lorry at 10-11am is vital !!
Residents willingly pay Re 1 per head or Rs 5
per family. More for shops outside the slum.
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9. SHARED BIO-BINS : DHAKA MODEL
Waste Concern NGO provides 5-6 families a
perforated barrel on a raised base, with
compost layer at bottom as a starter bed.
Residents must fill only kitchen waste daily in
layers not more than ~50mm, for mulch-
composting in the barrel.
NGO buys the ready compost when barrel is full
after 3 months or so.
Demand is good and cooperation too, as
residents see their waste as valuable.
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10. COMMUNITY BIO-BINS - 1
This bio-bin replaced a dirty
overflowing waste container.
It serves 125 families at
Diamond Gdn Chembur, who
pay for the program.
Segregated waste is
loaded daily by door-to-
door collectors, bioculture
is added & waste is turned.
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11. COMMUNITY BIO-BINS - 2
After 15 days, a similar
bio-bin is used while
the compost in 1st bin
matures in 15 more days.
Compost is not sold but
used in flowerbeds for
street beautification.
3 get employed, for an hour
a day for dtdoor collection,
street and drain cleaning,
gardening + composting
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12. COMMUNITY BIO-BINS - 3
140 such bio-bins are in use at Kochi on
Rupee-A-Day scheme, in good demand
for cleanliness in middle-income areas.
Residents groups pay for installation of
bio-bins. Kudumbashree womens’ self-
help groups collect waste door-to-door,
put kitchen waste in bio-bin, add culture
and turn it. Sale of compost adds to
their income. Being tried in slums now.
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