Solid Waste

Management
For Hotel Housekeeping by Bangalore Eco Team 1
Urban Crisis
We, Bengalurians,
generate approx.
4000 Tons/Day of
waste.

More than
Rs. 1 Crore/Day
was spent just on
transportation and
NOT on processing
scientifically.
 Groundwater Contamination
Mandur, Mavallipura, Kannahalli, Bingipura
Soil & Food Contamination

7 landfill sites, area 95 to 5 acres Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pests, Stray Animals, Stench

Credit: Anand Yadwad published

in citizenmatters.in
Our Irresponsible Act
 Vision - Zero Waste Hotel/Facility

A zero waste hotel is a hotel

which has achieved a 90%
diversion rate

Diversion rate is the percentage of material which is diverted

from a landfill i.e. (the amount of material which does not reach
the landfill)
 Karnataka High Court, on Dec 17, 2015,
mandated the "2 bins and 1 bag system
be adopted by all waste generators in
75% 20% 5% Bengaluru. First Indian City to mandate 3
Org
anic way segregation.
3000TPD 800TPD
Total
4000 TPD
200TPD Mandatory colour coded bins/reusable
Organic Waste Recyclable Waste Reject Waste bags for storage.
Source: BBMP Plastic liners not allowed
 Rooms Kitchen

Note: Perform an audit to determine

the quantum of organic waste
generated.

No Plastic Liners allowed

Reap Benefit - 1 crate = 10kgs DailyDump Aaga EcoPositive Biogas - 30 kgs/day Sudh Labh - 40-50kgs/day
18 kgs/day

Green Power Systems Biogas

Any commercial property generating more
200 kgs - 5 tons/day than 10kgs/day of Organic Waste is
mandated by KMC Act, to process this
waste in-situ.
More information on the various options
available on www.2bin1bag.in - Organic
Waste Solutions
www.2bin1bag.in - Garbage Service Providers
Hire only BBMP empanelled vendors.
Hand over E-Waste to Karnataka State Pollution
Control Board authorised facilities only.
http://kspcb.gov.in/E-Waste.html
 Hand over Sanitary Waste to KSPCB authorised
facilities only.
http://ramky.com/
http://www.maridibmw.com/
NOTE: Do not purchase incinerators that are not
approved by KSPCB and that have not passed
emission testing.
 Placement of Bins
Reject/ Construction
Organic Recyclable E-Waste Garden
Sanitary Debris

Rooms

Common Toilets

Kitchen

Common Areas
(Lobby, Restaurant)

Collection Area

Note: Collection Area for collected waste, is to be in a cool, dry, sheltered area.
 Karnataka Plastic Ban
Banned items include:
GOK under the Environment Plastic & NWPP carry bags
Protection Act, issued a ban on Plastic & Flex
all non-essential plastics buntings/flags/banners
Plastic/Thermocol
effective March 11th, 2016.
disposable tableware
Plastic microbeads
Ban enforced
Awaiting

The First Indian State to implement a comprehensive Plastic Ban

 Carry Bags

BAN
Non Woven
PLASTIC BAGS Polypropylene
(polythene PE) (NWPP) bags Plastic Produce Bags (PE) Nylon Sacks

ALTERNATIVE
Bring Your Bag Borrow a Bag

Reusable Crates/Cloth/Jute
Paper/Cloth/Jute
bags at a cost produce bags
 Newspaper/Laundry Bags

BAN
Plastic Newspaper Bags (PE) Plastic Laundry Bags (PE) NWPP Laundry Bags

ALTERNATIVE
Reusable Cloth/ Reusable
Canvas Cloth/Canvas
newspaper bags. laundry bags
Newspaper
holder in
common areas.
 Disposable Plates

BAN
Plastic (PE) Plate Foil Plate Tetrapak Plate Plastic coated
Styrofoam(PS) Plate paper Plate
Multi-layered co-extruded heat-shrinkable,
multilayer polyolefin packaging film
Reusable plates: Banana leaves

ALTERNATIVE
Steel/ceramic/glass/melamine Arecanut plates Sugarcane
bagasse

Leaf plates
 Disposable Glass

BAN
Plastic Glass(HDPE) Multi-layered Plastic cups (LDPE)
Paper Cups
Styrofoam (PS) Glass
Reusable glasses:

ALTERNATIVE
Glass/Ceramic/Steel/Melamine Clay kulhad

Bagasse Glass
 Disposable Bowl

BAN
Plastic Bowl (LDPE) Styrofoam (PS)Bowl
Plastic Cup (LDPE)

ALTERNATIVE
Reusable bowls: Leaf Donne Arecanut Bowls
Steel/ceramic/glass/melamine Bagasse
Bowl
 Cutlery

BAN
Plastic spoons forks LDPE Plastic stirrers/chopsticks LDPE Plastic straws LDPE
Steel/glass/paper straws

ALTERNATIVE
Reusable cutlery: Wooden spoons/stirrers/chopsticks
steel/melamine
 Plastic Lining and Cling Wrap

BAN
Clingwrap (PE) Plastic sheet for table (PE) Clingwrap (PE)

ALTERNATIVE
Reusable covers Cloth or glass on table Reusable covers
 Food Parcel/Take Away
Partitioned plates
with covers (LDPE)

BAN
Foil pouch (coextruded, heat
Plastic/zip lock pouch (PE) shrinkable, multi-layer, polyolefin

ALTERNATIVE
Get your own Aluminium foil/foil container Paper/cardboard box Sugarcane bagasse
containers
container

Arecanut containers Clay pot

 Flags/Banners

BAN
Plastic flag PE Flex banner Plastic Bunting

Digital Display/Cloth

ALTERNATIVE
Paper/Cloth
Flags/Buntings Paper/cloth buntings
 Gift

BAN
Shiny Gift wrap Party poppers with Flower bouquet NWPP Flower bouquet
shiny plastic cellophane (PE)
(coextruded heat shrinkable multilayered polyolefin)

ALTERNATIVE
Recycled paper wrapping Paper wrapping or no wrapping.
Use natural fibres like coir or cotton thread to tie gifts/flowers 23
Other Green Ideas 24

Provide water through dispensers instead

of single use plastic water bottles.

Replace disposable sugar sachets with

sugar dispensers (the same can be done
with other condiments like ketchup, salt,
pepper, etc.). Same with soap, shampoo in
rooms.

Replace paper napkins with cloth

napkins/recycled paper napkins or
electric hand dryers for bathrooms.

SwachaGraha.in - Compost, Grow, Cook.

Donate leftover food to local charities
 ZW Hotel Room

In the Bathroom
 5 Steps to Launch a Zero Waste Campus
SEGREGATE WASTE
Provide Separate Bins for AWARENESS
Collection of Separate Educate Staff and
Streams of Waste Perform Waste Audits
Regularly

WHERE DOES YOUR REUSE

REDUCE
GARBAGE GO? Process Organic
Eliminate
Hire Responsible Garbage Waste in-situ
Single- Use
Disposables Service Providers
 Useful Links
www.2Bin1Bag.in - Waste Segregation at Source,
Karnataka Plastic Ban

Facebook Groups:
Waste Segregation, Recycling and Composting
(volunteers from across the country)
Bangalore Eco Team
THANK
YOU
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