Solving National Problems

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Solving National Problems ? Garbage Use of
Chemical Fertilizers ? Vermi Composting
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India Garbage Problem
Observation WHO tells that in India more than 20
lakh children die annually because of diseases
caused by garbage/filth 77 children in India
are malnourished
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Garbage Problem

• Book
• Gandagi ki ghranit asabhyata
• First page first three paragraphs describe
  the nature and magnitude of the problem
• Types of garbage
• Animal/human toilet/latrine
• Bio-degradable waste

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Garbage Problem
Solution In the year 2000 Vermi Composting was
introduced to the Shantikunj self-employment
team Compost is the natural waste produced by
earthworm
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Garbage Problem

• Earthworm
• The earthworm for vermi composting is different
  from the regular soil earthworm
• 5000 types of earthworms
• 5 types are good for vermi-composting
• Rain water earthworm
• ? drills up to 40 feet in the ground
• ? allows water to seep in the ground
• ? helps in water harvesting
• 2. Another type
• ? burrows 9 inch in the ground
• ? good for nirai/gudai of the farms (tractor
  like work)

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Garbage Problem
Earthworm 3. Vermi-composting earthworm -
doesnt burrow - Can eat equal to its weight in
24 hours - increases population very fast in
one year under ideal conditions 2 earthworms
can become 90000 - under normal conditions the
earthworms become about 100 times in one year
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Bio-Degradable Waste Management
Solution 1 crore ton waste/day is produced in
India 1 quintal earthworm Increasing by about
100 times per year In 6-7 years, can become so
much in number that they can eat the entire waste
of the country per day
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Bio-Degradable Waste Management
Present Scenario 1st August 2000 - started the
program Today there is so much earthworm that it
can eat the entire Indias waste Task is to take
the earthworm to the waste Today, each and every
town of India has earthworms By 2011-12 each of
the seven lakh villages of India will have
earthworms
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Bio-Degradable Waste Management

• Possibility of self-employment
• Compost can be sold
• Garbage free available
• Cost Rs. 1/kg of compost (labor, handling,
  collecting waste)
• Selling price Rs. 2/kg
• Profit of Rs. 1/kg of garbage (bio-degradable)
• A small unit of 1000 kg waste
• will give a net profit of Rs. 1000/day
• It is a Part Time work
• Equal opportunity in villages/cities because
  garbage is available everywhere

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Waste Management Present Status
Practical model available in Shantikunj,
Gayatrikunj Need waste is sorted at the
household level itself garbage will vanish from
cities municipality will not get any
waste non-biodegradable waste is
recycled bio-degradable waste is collected by
workers in the city sector-wise Bangalore
70 recycled Noida 10 Bhubaneshwar
50 Gayatrikunj 100

• In Haridwar, garbage is being dumped on the banks
  of the Ganges river
• This goes in the river during rains
• Ganga Cleaning Drive
• (can be avoided if waste management done)

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Waste Management - Methodology

• The bio-degradable waste/garbage is covered by a
  slurry of cow dung (so that the foul odor is
  avoided)
• The cow dung semi-decomposes the waste in 15-20
  days
• Then earthworms are left in this garbage
• They convert the entire garbage into compost in 1
  1.5 month
• Needs of earthworm
• (readily available in India in open grounds)
• Bio-degradable waste
• Proper moisture
• Air
• Temperature
• No infrastructure required Book kechua
  sandarshika

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Waste Management Vermi-Composting Benefits

• A small unit set up in Rs. 1000 gives a profit of
  about Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1500 per day
• Vermi-compost is an excellent alternative for
  chemical fertilizer
• In 2007-08, India used about Rs. 1 lakh crore
  worth of chemical fertilizers per annum
• Compost can replace it and save Rs. 1 lakh crore
  per year
• 3. The problem of jal-kumbhi in ponds can be
  solved
• - Nobody removes jal-kumbhi from ponds because
  no one pays for this cleaning
• - jal-kumbhi is drying the ponds
• - jal-kumbhi is the food for earthworm
• - example A pond cleaning drive was done in
  Lucknow, U.P.
• 4. Organic Farming

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Waste Management Vermi-Composting Benefits
4. Organic Farming - Vermi-compost can replace
chemical fertilizers - Chemical Lobby questions
as to how much fertilizer need can be fulfilled
by the vermi-compost - They say that if
chemicals are not used then there will be
decrease in production of food grains The answer
is Let the ecology work normally and take care
of everything - Just like we get pure air (full
of O2) filled with vital life force, while we
continuously release CO2 in the air - Just like
the water cycles in maintained in the nature -
Similarly, there is no need of chemicals in food
grains
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Waste Management Vermi-Composting Benefits
4. Organic Farming - Similarly, there is no need
of chemicals in food grains We should not
disturb the recycling unit of Nature Let all the
solid waste by recycled