Waste
Management
What is waste management?
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, economic mechanisms.
Why do we need it?
Waste management allows users to efficiently and properly dispose of all kinds of waste. Waste management will not only save natural resources, biodiversity, and human life, it will also impact the economy in a positive way.
Design approach
Discover
Define
Develop
Deliver
Selected area for study
Sector 57, Gurgaon
Haryana, 122011
India
Existing waste disposal procedure
1. Waste is generated in the houses.
2. Door to door collection by the area garbage collector
3. Separation at basic level of useful stuff by ragpicker to resell/use
4. Dumpring of the remaining waste in the community garbage bin
5. Transportation of this garbage to the nearest landfill.
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Waste Generation
Collection
Separation
Dumping
Landfill
Interview
SUNIL
A Rag-picker since the age of 18 in Delhi Lives in a rented kacha house helped me understand the step 2 (Collection).
He is married and a father of two boys, his wife works as house help.
He told us that he collects the garbage from door to door in this area and takes it to the
nearby community garbage bin where he does basic separation.
He mentioned that wet and dry waste is collected together and it becomes very dirty and difficult for him to segregate as he is not provided with any equipments like masks, gloves etc.
Disposal site
New Garbage
Disposal Area
Old Disposal
Area
Step 4 - Dumping
The community garbage bin from where the garbage goes to the landfill seemed cleaner, on enquiring i got to know that the gabage was just sent out to the landfill after being compressed.
Carrying the carbage to the landfill in a compressor
What do people think about waste segregation?
Pain points concluded
1. No segregation at household level
2. Casual segregation by the garbage collector
3. Garbage being thrown in plastic bags
4. Lack of motivation and unawareness about garbage segregation
5. No tracking system for household’s segregation
Proposed idea
RFID scans outside each house for tracking waste segregation in an app
Using the RFID to track waste management.
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How?
An app will be downloaded by the house owner and the garbage collector. When the collector reaches the door step to collect the waste, he will update in the app if the waste is segregated or not.
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The number of days the waste is segregated, the house owner has to pay half the fee for waste collector. The incentive culture will motivate the house owner to segregate the waste.
The app
Screen 1 - Home page
The first screen allows you to see your profile, proceed to check your monthly fee and display a few quick news articles related to waste management.
Screen 2 - Checking monthly fee
When you click on "check monthly fee, you land up on the screen two and see the calculated amount you need to pay that month.
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Screen 3 - Detailed month view
When you click on a specific month you see a view which tells you about on how many days did you segregate waste and hence have to pay half the fee.
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