October 10, 2013
Project: Waste Recycle with Community Participation
Location: Joseph Patel Wadi. Andheri West, Mumbai
Most equipment and tools required for basic composting work have been procured, routine composting work to start today.
Activities
Clearing area for first dump
Getting pre-segregated waste collected
Cleaning and further segregating the waste into dry and wet
Preparing compos-table wet waste for composting
Adding magic powder
Fogging the compost
(twice a day or on need basis.. just make sure it is moist)
not too wet otherwise it will give a stink.
Repeat of rotation every 4 days
The compost temperature will rise
Compost will be ready in 30 to 40 days depending upon few conditions
Harvest the compost into Ventilated Compost Bins
Keep the compost till the temperature of compost is normal room temperature
What a day...! That was fun and lot of feel good factor.
Project: Waste Recycle with Community Participation
Location: Joseph Patel Wadi. Andheri West, Mumbai
Most equipment and tools required for basic composting work have been procured, routine composting work to start today.
Activities
Clearing area for first dump
Getting pre-segregated waste collected
Cleaning and further segregating the waste into dry and wet
Preparing compos-table wet waste for composting
Adding magic powder
Fogging the compost
(twice a day or on need basis.. just make sure it is moist)
not too wet otherwise it will give a stink.
Repeat of rotation every 4 days
The compost temperature will rise
Compost will be ready in 30 to 40 days depending upon few conditions
Harvest the compost into Ventilated Compost Bins
Keep the compost till the temperature of compost is normal room temperature
What a day...! That was fun and lot of feel good factor.
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| Clearing the area for first dump |
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| Weighing pre-segregated waste collected |
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| Accumulating waste got from different places |
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| One of the waste dumps collected from locality temple |
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| Cleaning the waste |
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| Dry Waste Removed 1 (Plastic, Decoration material from garlands) |
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| Dry Waste Removed (Plastic, Bottles, Scrap metal 2) |
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| Clean Dump that can be decomposed |
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| Magic Potion.. for the compost |
