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03.03.2024

Disposal of Kitchen Waste: A case study 

Disposal of municipal waste is a problem in every city. In fact, we must not ignore the fact that every action needs a certain scale of operation to give good results. Getting fruits and vegetables from own kitchen garden is not practically feasible. However, in case the logistics do not permit, having too big farms too away from cities will also not be feasible. One has to work always according to feasible scale of operation.

The same stands good for waste disposal also. A retired professor Dr. R C Agarwal has implemented this in his residence at Rajnagar Ghaziabad. Dr. R C Agarwal, who had been a colleague of my late father at M.M (P.G.) College, Modinagar, explained me in detail over phone. He has assigned just 1mx1m area in his kitchen garden. In one fourth of it, he digs a pit, around 2 ft deep. All household kitchen waste is dumped into it for nearly a month. If needed, the waste is pressed every 5-6 days. After the pit is full, the pit is covered with some soil to close it, and next pit is taken in use.

This way, after every 3-4 months or so, good manure is prepared, which he uses in his kitchen garden. He is growing many vegetables, like potato, palak (spinach), amla (gooseberry) and many other.

So, you must be wondering about the significance of scale of operation which I mentioned in the beginning. Let me explain. He owns the pits, he maintains the pits, he is the generator of waste and also he himself is disposing the same. So, he automatically ensures that the waste is segregated, and only the fruit and vegetable waste is dumped into the pits. We all know banana peals are bio-degradable. However, I have seen many people after having bananas put the banana peals in a polythene bag. Then they knot the bag from the top, and then dump it in waste bin, from where the municipal people collect and send to disposal facility. Imagine how complicated the process could be for handling such waste?

I know, passionate environment friendly people like Dr. R C Agarwal often remain ignored, but such people are real asset to the society. They show us a way foreward for the betterment of our cities, country and the whole world.

Just a humble request. Please initiate doing so at your own level. From the very beginning, you's be reducing load on waste handling facilities, and after a few moths, you'd start observing the positive outcomes of the simple approach.