Eco India: Why it is important to segregate and keep sanitary waste off landfills?

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As India’s cities grow, their mountains of garbage grow too. In Chandigarh, household waste segregation has been mandatory for several years. Now the city has gone a step further. It’s started the door-to-door collection of sanitary waste, a measure that targets plastic pollution - as well as the taboos associated with menstruation.
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[@rahulgaikwad1331]

It's sad and inhumane to see these workers do such work. Basically it's not their waste. I don't understand why people find it so difficult to segregate waste. It's just 2 categories dry n wet, nothing rocket science in it. The day when the masses realise this, it will be a revolutionary step for all our environment and health related issues.

[@kragoth]

are you stupid? watch the video before commenting. They said they need a third bin for biomedical waste

[@plurabelle5]

Please promote the use of silicone menstrual cups, and educate women on how to use them and keep them clean and hygienic - they would solve the pollution problem at its root, since there would be zero sanitary waste to dispose of.

[@Dara_107]

Chandigarh has also been making these large bio composting tanks near every park to deal with wet waste. There’s also electric charging stations being set up at a park near me. Change has to start somewhere 😊

[@somenathpaul]

Is it possible to make sanitary pads and diapers with biodegradable meterial?

[@sheshan88]

Hope to see the same in all big cities of Karnataka

[@agriwaste_wallah]

Great work

[@subirsharma2211]

चंडीगढ़, बधाई हो।

[@cptairwolf]

They don't even wear protective gloves wtf?

[@socialistsolidarity]

This is India, where the poor are seen as disposable and have no value in society (even though they keep our cities going). What do you expect?

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Imagine these sanitary waste ending up in landfill where it touches the plastic bottles that is probably recycled by Coco cola or pepsi to reuse for manufacturing their products! 🤢

[@kragoth]

lets see how many in the comments will actually segregate their wastes like this, I have low hopes

[@catchyboy7787]

Burn it in waste to electricity plants

[@braunarsch]

agreed..... more waste incinerator power plants

[@sarfarazafzal7038]

Chandigarh is capital of haryana and Punjab... Why not other states following the same❓

[@sunchit7]

It is not about state anymore...whole country should follow such regime including rural villages

[@Drewcappelletti]

That’s nasty wow

[@jibinjacob.]

Aam Aadmi party in action??

[@bharatAV]

Fuck AAP

[@Dara_107]

It started way before elections around 2021 in my area.

[@jake_runs_the_world]

Caste matters

[@RajeshKumar-mw6uo]

he was not In the womb instead went to work bcz he likes others dint help his mother haahaahhaa.....