Nature care is the motto for these residents

BANGALORE: A group of residents of Adarsh Rhythm Apartments at Panduranga Nagar, off Bannerghatta Road, are all set to implement a waste segregation programme in their residential complex. This idea began with a waste audit recently. A core member of the waste management committee Poonam Chadha recounts the members' surprise when they found diaper waste was generated in large numbers. "There are 275 apartments in the complex. 14 residentvolunteers, housekeeping and maintenance staff, and consultants from Green Technology did not dispose the garbage collected in the morning and conducted the waste audit," she says.
After adequately equipping themselves with gloves and mask,they segregated the garbage into wet (diapers, napkins, kitchen waste) and dry (paper, plastic, metal and glass) waste. The residents were shocked to note the amount of garbage disposed on a single day was 550 kgs. "After overcoming the shock, we took stock of the situation. The complex has several infants. Consultants advised us to call the parents for a talk and educate them to use reusable napkins when the babies are at home and use diapers only when going out," she adds. But that is for a later stage. They have scheduled a meeting on June 4 with the Palike officials who are educating the house keeping and maintenance staff about the segregation of waste. As there is no compost pit yet, wet waste would continue to be disposed through Palike while dry waste would be collected in bins kept in each complex. Another bin will be kept in the club house to collect electronic waste, which would then be given for recycling.