Eco India: A community in Gurgaon is ensuring no organic waste is sent out of their neighbourhood

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story this week looks at how an upscale neighbourhood in Gurgaon has taken the responsibility to collect and compost their organic waste together as a community.
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Director of Photography: Naresh Gurung
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Script & Field Producer: Naman Govil
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Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu
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[@bawselife6859]

In Australia most homes have a compost bin or a worm farm .. the Brisbane City Council just gave a free one to residents...glad to see India also making a effort... hoping for a zero waste future.

[@shrithanosmaharaj8679]

Noice

[@satishdiwan85]

Need to have this kind of model in every household.

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk]

You can do it too. Don't wait for anyone.

[@mereunetulburat8022]

Hats off ! For... that man who carries around those six garbage cans on bicycle! Hats off! And... all the best! In my country nobody would do that, because we are all full of arogance, and full of ourselves. Hats off, to this entire community! Thank you!

[@ficsongeorge]

Așa este! Mă bucur să vad un român pe aici 🥳 obiceiurile frumoase( și urate) in copilărie se învață!

[@mereunetulburat8022]

@@ficsongeorge Bună ziua, Ce surpriză plăcută🤩!!! Şi eu mă bucur să constat că mai sunt români - deşi cred că sunt extrem de rari - care umăresc aceste episoade din care chiar avem ce învăţa. Într-adevăr, cele mai multe dintre obiceiuri le deprindem în copilărie; ulterior însă, avem la îndemână autoeducaţia. Vă mulţumesc pentru atenţia acordată, pentru comentariul frumos şi vă urez numai şi numai bine! Zile senine să aveţi🍀!

[@lovkeshbajaj674]

I have been composting my kitchen waste for the past five years . I have used red wriggler worms and effective microorganisms for the same. The composting does not take more than a month at the most. All of it goes into my garden and plants . It is very satisfying when you know you have made a difference however small or insignificant it may be.

[@vkchaitanya2003]

We need people like Ms Gulati in all apt complexes. In Bangalore there is very strict segregation of organic and non organic waste. BBMP is doing a good job there

[@rajendrapembarthi8524]

Nice video by scroll but this important information should be available in hindi also to reach maximum people. My request is make videos in hindi also.

[@inokadamayanthimorayas8155]

Super heroes in India….👏👏👏👏👏👏👏much love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@sainienterprises9528]

vermicomposting is faster n cheaper than process mentioned in video. Another way is to mix organic waste with toilet waste n prep more higher quality vermicompost while grey water can be recycled and used for gardening to make it zero solid and liquid waste colony.

[@jobnerteapoint769]

Thankyou || A Jaipur-based Startup uses Technology to Recycle Waste in a Sustainable way viestories.com/

[@suyashgupta87]

The narration of these videos alone makes it worth the watch. Such a shoothing and calm voice and such enunciated words, truly a delight. Obviously the focus on promoting interest in making a greener society is the other big draw to this channel. Keep up the good work!

[@theburgercompany3314]

Respect 🙏 #LoveFromKerala

[@DavidSmith-fz8ju]

Hey!hey!!!!!every body!!!!!!look at THIS.this is what every sonofagun should watch .every person ,everywhere shouldwatch.this! this right here is the solution to all our post consumer problems. Award worthy.

[@shashankmurthy2521]

Every city should follow this can even help farmers a lot by giving them free compost.

[@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk]

Its been 5 days. Have you started this in your own home?

[@shashankmurthy2521]

@@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk I have a degree in agriculture and i have my own gober gas plant and also I am a pride farmer from Karnataka. Dont teach me ok

[@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk]

@@shashankmurthy2521 you can lie as much as you want. No one is going to check.

[@shashankmurthy2521]

@@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk loude mind your work thats all

[@AbhinavSharma-kc6hk]

@@shashankmurthy2521 *that's it. 🤣 Feku Chand. 🤣🤣

[@pushpendrachourdiya9912]

Nirvana is really a model to look forward to atleast in the metro cities and these companies which are seeing this as a mode of profit earning should also equipped well to do their job with utmost loyalty.

[@isshiomi6364]

इंदौर की स्वच्छता देखकर अच्छा लगा....हमारे शहर लातूर, जो महाराष्ट्र का ऑक्स्फर्ड और कोटा कहलाता है, यहां घंटा गाडी जब स्वच्छता सर्वे होगा या चुनाव के कुछ समय पहले नियमित रूप से आती है...अन्यथा हमेशा अनियमित रहती है...कलेक्टर ऑफिस, कलेक्टर/SP/ DJ/ CO निवासस्थानसे महज 100मी दूर पुरानी रेल पटरी रोडपर हमेशा कुडो के ढेर, धूल-गढ्ढो का साम्राज्य रहता है... प्रशासन और स्थानिक नेताओका पूरा दुर्लक्ष है...

[@ph6263]

We have total 50 societies in our sector and under our mitra mandal, looking forward to initiate such project collectively.

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@jeevajo5783]

Good to see in india, lets everyone follows the same

[@astro39]

We need this in every locality

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@lovenaturevlogs]

Best way to dispose our garbage.

[@bhartityagi8183]

It all starts with us. Many ppl in comment section are writing they want same in their city. I live in Faridabad eco green collects our garbage. Nd daily their garbage van play audio to segregate bio degradable nd non bio degradable waste. But not a single person do it but everyone wants to see the city clean. If they don't come ppl take their garbage in their car and throw it outside their sector. Or any other open land . They feel their house is clean so what if they need to cover their nose with bad smell when they walk out off their houses. Then they curse municipal corporations. So janta kindly put some effort then only things change. Govt. Has already took the initiative to give tender to eco green . Now it's our duty which we r deliberately failing in. This type of actions r specifically done by ppl who often visited abroad nd complained why things r not changing.

[@vijayjagtap2301]

This is a great initiative. You contributing to dialogue on environ and new approaches to our wats of living. Surely this will be remembered. And what production values. Rarely seen in many programs. Thank you.

[@maazkalim]

[Partial ]German public-sector funding!!!

[@MrDictator38]

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[@mjsg8476]

Bravo to the people 👏 who start some initiative to improve life for everyone.

[@padmapodila3173]

Very impressive. Hope more people adapt these methods.

[@user-gv7lp7pb1z]

I just love it 🔥🙏

[@supriyodhar3605]

Excellent..Excellent

[@bjrnjensen7074]

Truly inspiring, and a role model for other cities as well. Namaste from Oslo.

[@BlueEvilDragon]

love you DW

[@surajauti646]

Nice intiative by the residents of Nirvana, Gurgaon. Keep up the good work 👍

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@vibhashk4262]

This is great and should be done by each and everyone

[@knowyourworld8559]

Excellent

[@jijumonm2345]

I appreciate the effort. Kudos! 👏 Wish more rich and privileged would follow this model which has been applied by the poor for ages.

[@sankalp-vishwashaibadlavka]

great job such people will save the world

[@nerdsheldon7843]

I wish I could live in that community and volunteer for this activity. The neighbourhood I dwell care the least

[@KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing]

Well done 👏👍

[@nadishpatel4247]

I would like to request SCROLL to make such videos in Hindi also ,so that it can reach a larger audience...🤙By the way nice initiative by Nirvana .... From today I will be making compost of the house waste....🤘

[@neenanina]

Very inspiring 👍🏻

[@mithunnair8587]

Nice one scroll you are doing such a fab job♥️🔥

[@swatikulkarni2186]

Commendable efforts,we are in dire need of such projects

[@manjushreeshenoy9474]

Very inspiring video👏👏👏

[@Thepiaway]

so inspiring, proud of these people. Hope one day i will be able to do the same.

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@shreyas9923]

Beutiful idea 👏👏

[@annuuchudasama1208]

Very good

[@MultiGurmukh]

Such a nice initiative

[@svraj6073]

Great job

[@navneetpatil6600]

Awesome,in bengaluru big apartments manage waste themselves, but small one give it away

[@kannans5670]

Inspiring

[@WHITEDEVIL-yy9zb]

Thanks for this documentary I am use all my kitchen waste make compose tea I have small collection of plants in pot at home Thanks to scroll

[@minifoodfeast6203]

Awsm work 👍

[@anirbanpatra3017]

Great Work by Nirvana, Govt should be ashamed.

[@saraswatin3070]

Amazing !

[@jayasreekpj3974]

Bravo

[@harshadanaik6394]

Great job!!!!

[@KD-wp6cm]

Wish every human be sensible towards nature.

[@jaswindersinghmeelu6547]

Too good Your content is always superb

[@user-gv7lp7pb1z]

Absolutely yes!!

[@Iss-baar-400-paar]

Inspiring clip. Now this clip needs to be marketed and duplicated, with or without the govt's help.

[@karanmadan1048]

The wet waste usually in books as read in school is said to be dumped in digged empty cultivation land and mud is poured upon it.As shown during the rotation of horizontal water tank could be done with more ease.

[@jaswindersinghmeelu6547]

👌👌👌🙌

[@Reddylion]

nice

[@Uamruthur]

great initiative

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet

[@earthsafehomes]

Making homemade food or skin care products & selling in nearby community can cut down packaging. Composting. Buying only necessary from online. Living & sharing the responsibilities of Nature 🌿...as it gives so much more to us in terms of just life. Save what is left.🌱🌍

[@jayeshranga9242]

Pls make a video on rain water harvesting as well

[@sainienterprises9528]

financials r not mentioned for waste mgmt since the system if not financial self sufficient won't work everywhere

[@amit199380]

You can Do this in a Small scale also. It can also help to recycle green Waste. I am doing in my home... In last 6 months, I didn't throw a Single Green Waste.

[@anujadwivedi4370]

I would like to know more about how at the end of the video, ma'am used a small scale composter at her home. The video was really inspiring. How can the composting be maintained at home-level?

[@suyashgupta87]

It really depends on how much space you have got. You can go for worm based composting if you have a lawn or a courtyard. Or if you live in an apartment like me you can get a earthen composting tower from companies like "daily dump". The concept is simple, if these are unavailable in your area, hire a local potter to make it for you.

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@shadabalam7604]

After Bhilwara model , Nirvana model.

[@aaroneipejohn5715]

Could someone elaborate on comments by Mr. Dinesh Bandela (8:40- 9:13) about how composting machine manufacturers are making use of the loopholes in the 2016 waste management rules??

[@vidyadharjoshi5714]

There has to be separate bins for food waste, recyclable waste ( glass, paper, tin, metal, plastic bottles ), other which does not fall in these. A lot of waste can be reduced at source so the landfill is minimised. A lot of water can be recycled from each household. Reducing the size of the piping, pumps, and other materials, saving huge costs as well trouble. The kitchen waste can be treated to produce gas ( In villages the Gobar Gas scheme was launched many years back. the same can be implemented for each society ). Sometime back I had seen a video of Indore city. How they transformed the huge waste pile in just six months and reduced the landfill considerably. Such projects must be implemented simulteneouly all over India. The river pollution must be stopped.

[@mubashirtv4459]

Every house in Alappuzha Muncipality in kerala have

[@AshutoshGavand]

8.48 please make sure the minimum area requirements i think it’s 5000 Sqmt not 500 sqmt, according to SWM rules 2016.

[@gerardmanfroid1860]

There are some really good thing being done ...and things are changing. But Indians need to change their perspective and attitudes toward water, climate and waste. Only the youoger generations seem to want to change things !

[@sujatham6128]

Hi appreciate the effort . What is the name of the composter shown in the end of the vedio at the home of the host ?

[@ncrwastematters3130]

Daily dump, mycocompost and Spintech composters

[@sj4645]

I hope these people who are working get paid well.

[@apoorvkhandelwal13]

Can some one please tell me how can I create compost from wet waste in a simple way

[@suyashgupta87]

It really depends on how much space you have got. You can go for worm based composting if you have a lawn or a courtyard. Or if you live in an apartment like me you can get a earthen composting tower from companies like "daily dump". The concept is simple, if these are unavailable in your area, hire a local potter to make it for you.

[@incognitome2314]

Hey buddy. Just start with a plastic bucket to begin with( i did 5 yrs ago). I m a vegetarian so my compost consists of only veggies and fruits mostly. You do get lot of enzymes now a days in market to buy. I add equal amounts of mud and dryleaves which reduces smell to a lot of extent. Earthen pots are the best. U can try khamba kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYPIln-wjqeDirs

[@MrDictator38]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CzYqqHlsebpaM

[@riteshpuri9243]

Take large earthern container, make a few drainage and aeration holes in it. Now lay a layer of about 2 inche of dry waste like leaves, clippings of plants and some paper or cardboard. Start adding your green waste to the container now and once it is about 5-6inches, mix it well, ad a thin layer of manure and soil and again start adding green waste till the container is full and at last, add a layer of dried leaves, compost and soil and cover the container and leave it aside for 35-40 days in a warm place. Keep mixing the compost every 8-10 days and maintain moisture in it but do not make it soggy. Avoid adding citrus, chillies, bones,dairy, cooked vegetables into it. I've been doing it and every time I am able to improve on the quality of my compost and it gives immense pleasure to know I am not generating waste but adding more value to it instead. I've even done composting in wheat floor plastic bags of 10 kgs. You can even use it as grow bags. Was supposed to tell only about composting though😂

[@jamhustler1017]

​@@riteshpuri9243 🎉

[@kashmeersingh4498]

We can make composts with BIOGRIDABLE material but we don't have coice for POLLOTHINE bags and plastic

[@DavidSmith-fz8ju]

Also,you can cut the$cost of garbage collection,impact on enviroment n loss of a useful commodity.

[@originalunoriginal4055]

It's shocking how one economy sees another economy/nation as a option to dump its waste produced by their society. And also criminal for a government to allow their land to be used as a dumping ground in exchange of money.

[@sudhaagarwal700]

I do this in my house

[@Xetlo123]

What bio enzyme is being used plz tell

[@ncrwastematters3130]

We are using a bio enzyme developed by our vendor from Pune - Mycocompost, Koustubh Yadre. Please connect with him. We also use the waste decomposer developed by National Centre for Organic Farming, Gaziabad krishijagran.com/agripedia/how-and-where-to-get-waste-decomposer/ Hope this is helpful

[@anshulagrawal9982]

It is a good initiative, however requires sorting of garbage, rotating machines 5 times a day, then putting some spray etc etc. I saw a youtube video some time back wherein a person just collected the wet waste in a big container (20-30 kgs capacity)with hole at the bottom. The wet waste decomposed so fast that even after throwing the wet waste in the bin daily, it will not fill for years. From the hole at the bottom, it will release liquid which gets generated by the decomposition. This is high in nutrients and very good for plants.

[@roshanrathi7744]

Please share the details for machine and processing I am having a resort for wedding and thinking to install such projects

[@ncrwastematters3130]

Which city are you in?

[@rishabhs6144]

2 weeks no video @scroll why

[@mohanbabureddy3002]

I'm from Bangalore we whant to start tander coconut wast in to use Full product can you soprt me

[@deepeshwarkotwal2497]

I live in the lap of mountains........ sometimes I feel pity for u people surrounded by pollution, crime, hustle etc......life is not worthy of livin in this hustle .......

[@manishabera2899]

My father is a geography teacher.. no matter what I say he will still burn plastics.. because those packets fly everywhere..

[@shubhamrohinkar3243]

#Start"YourMorning Fix " Again

[@vineetjoshi1364]

How profitable is it ? Give numbers

[@ncrwastematters3130]

Profit is - 1. you are not sending waste to landfill and keeping your air, water and soil clean. 2. You get compost for your soil. 3. You save water due to compost use 4. You don't need to use pesticides after you use compost and save money. 5. Output in horticulture and kitchen garden increases multifold 6. You life becomes healthier and happier - Is this enough profit :)

[@abdulazim968]

Use bsf /maggot, faster and can generate income

[@agnostic7449]

It is so sad to see a pathetic waste management system even in our capital city...let us dream a clean India and work for it

[@precisiont5188]

Where are you getting the dry leaves? Doesn't that come with its own environmental problems?

[@ncrwastematters3130]

The dry leaves are generated by our own horticulture waste in the community from parks and gardens.

[@christophernewton8443]

Some of those wast still help the pig's around that country to grow and flourish well.

[@aravindkrishnak1583]

Eventhough people are touching the waste with their hands instead people due to which the waste is produced

[@ajaygowda6611]

My name is ajay

[@SIDSresent]

Actually the segregation part is important.. As for the compost you can just dug a pit and throw the green waste there.. It will de compost and create a rich manure without any kind of processing.... As this kind of in house processing is a bit costly to maintain

[@shanti4969]

Model need to be replicate to other places...

[@arupmandal9963]

But I haven't that money.

[@Shaurya_Academy.]

Ye DM log to khud kuch karte nahi. Dusra karta hai to kami niklane lagte

[@modi_ka_baap]

Still not the practical way for a 1.4billion nation

[@DeepakBN2210]

Sick minded people disliked the video.

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Jobs to many 24x7

[@nirajkumar-un9fk]

Ek to admi waste to wealth per kam ker rha hai aadmy or aap tang ada rhai hai Asppi municipality wale jayAda buddhy jiv bane hai

[@trem876]

composting organic waste doesn't help the environment. It releases the same amount fo CO2 as if your were to burn it, and it makes virtually no difference if it were to decompose in a land fill. decomposition is decomposition, no matter where it happens. The real issue is packaging waste.

[@suyashgupta87]

Umm no you are way off the point. The problems of organic waste and packaging waste are not equitable. Composting doesn't release CO2 anywhere comparable to burning. With the breakdown process you are creating fertiliser that's organic and healthy and completed the cycle. Rotting in landfills creates toxic sludge that like animals and humans alike.

[@RishitSrivastava007]

its not co2. solid carbon is what trees are. composting just give access to this carbon way faster and the plants act as carbon banks instead of aerial dumping. Now people may use this carbon at any point in time like harvesting food or cutting trees for paper or other stuff.

[@trem876]

@@suyashgupta87 decomposition is a chemical process in which C02 is released. It literally produces the same amount of CO2 as if you were to burn it. Check your science bro. Plants mainly use Nitrates, Phosphates, and Potassium as their main nutrients.

[@trem876]

@@RishitSrivastava007 sorry you need to revisit your science books again bro. Plants mainly get carbon in the form of carbon dioxide from the air. From roots they mainly get in organic compounds (inorganic means they don't contain carbon.)

[@suyashgupta87]

@@trem876 natural composting is happening all around us all 24*7. Buring organic waste is literally the most harmful thing you could do. And burning not only releases CO2 but other toxic compounds too. CO2 emissions from composting depend on the composting method too. I looked up your theory on CO2 emissions being equal and not got any relevant results. Can you share some references that day composting is bad for the environment?