TURNING BIO-WASTE TO MANURE

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TURNING POLLUTION TOPROSPERITY
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Conservation of Recourses for better future
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TURNING WASTE TO MANURE
Recycle the Waste and save Nature
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Bio-degradable waste
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BIO- DEGRADABLE WASTE INCLUDES

• Kitchen / Canteen Waste
• unused vegetable cuttings,
• fruits peel offs, tea/coffee powder, coconut
  fiber
• egg shells, non-veg waste, stale/left over
  /rotten food etc.

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• Flowers/garlands
• Hair, cut nails
• Excreta of the pet animal, cow dung etc.
• Horticultural waste like dried leaves, mowed
• grass, cut trees, up rooted weed.

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Can we convert this Bio-degradable waste to
manure at Home?
Yes ! Its possible
Will it have a stink / foul smell?
No. Not at all !
How can we do that?
Very simple
Just have some pots with plants you desire ----
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PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN HOME
Step-1 Take a set of 7 pots of 12 - 14
inches diameter for 7 days of
week. Step-2 Clear 2 - 3 inches of the
soil from top. Step-3 Make 7 equal parts of
1 packet of bio-catalyst.
( Bio catalyst is only one time
requirement) Step-4 Mark the 7 pots as
M,Tu, Wed .. Or
1,2,3. Step-5 Sprinkle 1 part of
bio-catalyst in 1 pot i.e. 7
parts in 7 pots.
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Note The Process can be implemented at existing
plants also
Contd....
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PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN HOME
Step-6 Put some water to make soil
wetStep-7 Put 500 gm of waste ( family of
4 persons) in the 1St potStep-8 Next day
500 gm of waste in the 2nd pot. 3rd day in the
3rd pot so onStep-9
On 8th day again you can put 500 gm of waste in
the 1st pot. Then 9th day in
the 2nd pot Step 10 Like this you can
continue the cycle. No smell whatsoever
.xxx Note Water the plants
normally. It will take about 6 MONTHS to fill
up the space of 3 in the pot. 500 gms of
waste goes into each pot once in 7 days.
Plants start getting the benefit of manure in
3- 4 weeks time
they grow extremely well.
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A typical Pot - Bio composting
Bio-degradable waste
Fibrous Material (like coconut fiber,
cooler pads, Sugarcane bagas.)
Bio-catalyst
2 inch layer of soil
Drain Hole
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Potted Orange Plant
Pot showing kitchen waste on top
Konark Apartment Kalkaji, New Delhi
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BLOOMING HIBISCUS (in the pot, New Delhi)
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If you have terrace--

• You can make it green.
• By just using Bio-degradable waste which
  otherwise is thrown to MCD Bin
• You can convert terrace into the kitchen garden
• Giving you lots of tasty vegetables and
• flowers
• Keeping your house cool!
• Making you happy and proud of joining clean
  environment team!
• Here is the simple procedure---

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PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON TERRACE
  1. Lay 1.2 m x 1 m polythene sheet
On the terrace/balcony.
2.    Place the bricks in the form of a
rectangle 3.    Fill the inside area with soil
up to a height of 3 4.   
Plant saplings of your favorite flowers or
vegetables. 5.   Spray
bio-catalyst on soil. (only one time
requirement!)
New Delhi
Contd....
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PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON TERRACE
6.  Spread daily vegetable horticultural
waste on the soil 7. Water Normally
8. Waste gets converted into Bio-compost in
3-4 weeks 9. There will be
absolutely no smell whatsoever 10.
You will get very good quality of flowers and
organic tasty vegetables for
years.  
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FLOWER BED ON TERRACE (New Delhi)
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CAULIFLOWER ON TERRACE
New Delhi
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PUMPKIN ON THE TERRACE
New Delhi
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PAPAYA TREE ON THE TERRACE (Ms. Jyoti)
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BANIAN TREEONTERRACE(Mrs.Lata)
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GAUVA PLANT ON TERRACE
Ms. Jyoti
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GAUVA PLANT ON TERRACE
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Community Bio - Composting in
Residential Colonies Schools
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Where it can be done

• Anywhere
• Bins Along boundary wall(inside)
• Bins outside compound wall
• Small portion of garden (bin can be surrounded
  by plants and creepers)
• Terrace

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SIZE OF THE BINS
For every 5 kg/day Bio-degradable waste 1 meter
square area is required. The height of the bin
should be 1 m. Breadth up to 2 m and length as
suitable.
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PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

• Preparation of the Bins
• Construct bins of the required size.
• Bricks cement/mud can be used for
• making the walls of the bins.The bottom need
• not be concreted
• 3. Leave some opening at the bottom to drain out
  
• excess water
• 4. Hinged wire mesh covers may be used.
  (optional)

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BIN with Bio-degradable waste
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In Banglow with joint family
In Residential colony
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PROCEDURE FOR INITIAL LOADING OF THE BIN

• Spread 1 inch layer of Bio-degradable waste at
  the bottom of the bin.
• Sprinkle water on the Bio-degradable waste.
• Sprinkle Bio-catalyst on the Bio-degradable waste
  ( One time Requirement ! )
• Spread 1 inch layer of Bio-degradable waste.
• Sprinkle Bio-catalyst water to keep the
  Bio-degradable waste wet.
• No Smell whatsoever.

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DAILY WHAT TO DO ?

• Everyday spread up to 5 kg of Bio-degradable
  waste per m sq.
• Sprinkle some rock/stone dust.
• Sprinkle water to maintain moisture.

Kshitij apartments
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HARVESTING THE MANURE

• Rich humus manure can be harvested every six
  months or once a year.
• Stop loading Bio-degradable waste
• and watering for a week.
• Remove the top layer and keep
• aside.
• Do not scrap the bottom so as
• to retain Bio-catalyst
• v. This manure is of excellent
• quality for plants and gardens .
• It establishes micro organic activity
• below growing plants.

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SALIENT FEATURES

• Absolutely no smell whatsoever .
• Any Bio-degradable waste can be treated. (incl.
  egg
• shell,onion,lemon )

• Harmful pathogen are killed
• and useful micro-organisms are
• nurtured.

• The decomposition process is a
• cool one. It does not generate
• heat like other processes.

• Therefore no loss of bio-mass and
• nutrients.

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SALIENT FEATURES
Lush terrace garden

• The process does not
• need turning round for
• aeration.
• The process does not generate
• gases like H2S and
• methane(CH4 ).
• The manure is humus and
• rich in nutrients with useful
• micro-organisms.

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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN DELHI

• Household waste,
• Konark Apartments, New Delhi
• started 2000 and 2002
• Sanskriti School, Chanakaypuri
• Horticulture waste
• started March 2003.
• Canteen waste 15 Kg /Day
• started January 2004.
• Shri Ram School,Vasant Vihar
• Canteen waste 25 kg /day
• started February 2004.
• Shri Ram School Gurgaon
• Canteen waste 50 kg /day
• started February 2004.
• Shubhanchal Hostel, INA colony
• 100kg/day Canteen waste
• started March 2004.

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WASTE BIN AT SANSKRITI SCHOOL
New Delhi
Waste Bin
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WASTE BIN AT SANSKRITI SCHOOL
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Shubhanchal Hostel
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Shubhanchal Hostel
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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN PUNE

• Kumar Builders.
• Bio-degradable waste of 50 families
• started December 2002.
• Garware Hostel.
• Canteen Waste
• started 1998.
• Household waste utilized for terrace garden.
• Mrs. Shah and Mrs. Lata Shrikhande
• started 1998.
• Venkateshwara Hatcheries
• started 1996

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CLOSE UP OF WASTE BINS
Kumar Builders, Pune
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AANGAN Apartments,PUNE
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WASTE BINS CLOSE TO HOSTEL BUILDING
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On The Terrace
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On The Terrace
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On The Terrace
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Egg shells, too, breakdown in time,
adding their calcium to the
nutrients.
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Manure
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Please contact for further details
PCRA 10, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE, NEW DELHI
-110066 PHONE [phone] E-Mail pcra_at_pcra.org
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