Some Best WM Practices in Other Locations in India

 In  Many cities, Private groups are doing doorstep collection on payment .Everywhere in India , SLUMS are the most cooperative.  419 slums in Mumbai have Take-away-bin system
 

Calcutta:  80% house-to-house collection using regular Municipal staff and usual wheelbarrows

Ahmedabad: 4 or 6-bin handcarts or tricycles to avoid double-handling of waste

Nasik: Trucks move from one street-corner to  another to have a city without street waste-bins

Surat:  Pin-point beats include bins on raised platforms, near drainage manholes

Mumbai: Only wet waste lifted from hi-rises

Pune : Union of women waste-pickers collects for a fee both dry waste for recycling   +  wet waste into city bins or compost pits

Bangalore : Citywide policy of dry-wet waste  separation at source, collected at doorstep by city sweepers or waste-transport contractors

Coorg: District cleanup by school-kids bringing their dry waste to school weekly for purchase by waste-buyers. Funds used classwise for Eco-Clubs.

Calcutta: 500,000 bookmarks with year’s calendar and civic messages .Kids make pretty wall-bags for dry waste
 

SEWA:  Weekly doorstep collection of dry waste by waste-picker women’s co-op, with public-info help by Bank Officers’ union



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