Zero Waste Yashwin
How Much Waste is Yashwin Hinjewadi generating daily at present?
Total Waste 200+ kg daily
100+ kg wet waste | 25+ kg dry recyclable waste | 75+ kg rejects
100+ kg wet waste | 25+ kg dry recyclable waste | 75+ kg rejects
We still need to bring down HAZARDOUS WASTE
Target is to get it down to 30 kg daily!
Check if what you are putting in this bin is really hazardous
Or can it be Composted (Green Bin) or Recycled (Blue Bag)!
Please check here to see how you have been segregating!
"Green" Great you've got it right!
"Orange" You're ok, but you need to improve and make it a permanent habit
"Red" You haven't got it right more than 60% of the time we checked. You have to change! It's high time!
2021_03_15_Segregation_Report_VJ.xlsxAnnouncements
Waste collection schedule: Daily between 10 am and 12 pm. Please keep your bins out during this time. In case there is no bin housekeeping has been instructed to ring the doorbell.
In case you don't have a waste segregation kit yet please collect it from the Society Office. Contact Santosh Jadhav
Please note: The Cloth Bag with Upcycling Waste is to be kept out only once a week on Wednesday!
If you want to volunteer for your community in creating Zero Waste Yashwin, please message us
Why all this fuss over garbage?
...because it is hurting us!
Illegal dumping and burning of garbage in Hinjewadi & Mann is causing health issues for many residents. Read More
Hinjewadi and Mann Gram Panchayats do not presently have facilities to tackle the magnitude of the problem
Regulations demand that all waste generators segregate their waste and bulk generators also treat wet waste in-house
It's great for the environment and eventually resources can be recovered from waste
How to use the bins & bags
Green BIN
Collected Daily
All kitchen scraps, fruit peels, eggs, non veg waste, food waste, bones, tea, coffee waste. Small quantity of garden waste allowed.
Use only paper liner. Plastic not allowed. Some temporary flexibility will be allowed due to COVID.
This will be composted at Yashwin and manure used in gardens
Blue BAG
Collected Daily
All clean recyclable waste such as paper, plastic packaging, containers, tetrapak, glass, cardboard, metal cans / foils.
Only clean & dry material not soiled with food or bio-hazardous materials
This will be stored at Yashwin for a week and delivered to local recyclers
Upcycling Cloth BAG
Collected Once a Week on Wednesday
Plastic packaging like covers which have a inner silver lining. Plastic bags, detergent bags, gift wrapping, tapes.
To be cut on top clean. All contents to be kept clean and dry.
This will be sent to reCharkha for Upcycling into beautiful fashion accessories
Hazardous BIN
Blue bin with red sticker
Collected Daily
Sanitary waste, diapers, syringes, broken glass, expired medicines, toilet waste, soiled tissues, swept dust, badly soiled waste, some mixed waste
Sanitary pads and diapers to be packed in newspaper bags and marked with red dot.
Keep to a minimum since this waste will not be handled and dumped in landfill
Video guides
About Zero Waste Yashwin
How to use the bins and bags
How the Cloth Bag will upcycle plastic
How to dispose sanitary waste
Waste Segregation Guide
Zero Waste Poster 12x18(1).pdfPlease download a copy print in colour and display near bin at home
dos and don'ts
DO use all bins daily
Wet in Green Bin | Recyclable in Blue | Hazardous in blue bin with red sticker
Cloth bag for plastic waste to be upcycled (not shown)
DON'T use your own bins
Use green bin provided for wet waste |Dry waste should not be delivered in plastic bag
Our resident heroes
A special thanks to all these families for taking the efforts to make Yashwin a waste-free society
The Panditas
A 505
The Deshmukhs
A 1005
The Patnis
D 1606
Share a selfie with your perfectly segregated waste and we'll put it up here!
Our collection heroes
The Housekeeping Team Sorts Too!
The housekeeping team has also been provided separate bins to make sure that your segregation efforts are not going to waste. The green bin is for kitchen waste, the red for hazardous waste and the boris have been provided for dry recyclables.
Consider your job done right, if housekeeping doesn't need to put their hands into your bins. They should just be emptying your bins into their's!
Housekeeping is Trained!
Your housekeeping team is also being trained regularly to upgrade their skills and understanding of segregated collection.
Their issues are also being addressed!
Beware, they are keeping a watch on YOU!
what happens to the sorted waste?
What Happens to Bio-degradable Kitchen Waste?
Wet waste goes through final sorting.
This is why we don't like wet waste in plastic bags
It is shredded and mixed with composting accelerating materials and churned regularly in a composting machine
After 20-30 days we get fresh compost which can be used in the garden
What Happens to Dry Recyclable Waste?
Dry recyclables are sorted into many more categories, sometime up to 14 types
Stored in various bags, containers or spaces in the basement of each building in the garbage room
This is why dry recyclables need to be clean and dry
When enough quantity has accumulated, it is weighed and transported to recyclers to create a resource
What Happens to the Plastic from the Cotton UPCYCLE Bag?
It is converted in exciting fashion accessories and bags.
Give us more to UPCYCLE!
What Happens to Mixed Waste / Rejects / Hazardous Waste?
Soiled materials, hazardous waste, sanitary waste and mixed waste is not handled. It is set aside for disposal to a dump site
It is loaded on a tractor and disposed outside.