For housing societies
Start waste segregation in your society
A two-week plan for a residents’ committee: agree, prepare the staff, give every home two bins, launch, and keep it going.
About 2 hours
What you need
- Two bins or bags per home (green for wet, blue for dry), or stickers for bins people already have
- A poster for the notice board and lift
- A sign-up sheet for volunteers
Step by step
Week 1: get ready
- Agree in a committee meeting, and pick two or three volunteers to lead.
- Talk to the housekeeping staff and the waste collector: how will wet and dry waste be collected and taken away separately?
- Check your municipality’s rules and collection days for dry waste.
- Get the bins or stickers ready, and put up the poster.
Week 2: launch
- Send a short message in the society group: what goes in which bin, and from which day.
- On launch day, volunteers stand at the collection point to help and thank people.
- For the first two weeks, check the bins every day and kindly remind homes that mix waste.
Keep it going
Share a simple number every month (for example, kg of dry waste sent for recycling) and thank the staff publicly.
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