Green Communities Foundation

Empowering communities in #Mumbai to sustainably manage their waste at source. Our mission is to reduce waste going into landfills.

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We're proud to announce the opening of our new Dry Waste Center at Hodgaon village near Mangaon!
On 15/10/2021 our team alongwith local representatives inaugurated the DWC which will serve as an aggregation point for the recyclable waste generated by the villages in the area.

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Over the course of our journey, we're constantly learning- and working with the front-line of the waste management system in our country has taught us a lot, to say the least.
We're now excited to share some of the perspective and inspiring stories that we have gained, with you!

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The students are taught to segregate their waste and provided with the physical tools and infrastructure to do it in class!
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Once the dry waste system is running, GCF introduces wet waste management! Stay tuned to find out how over the next few posts...
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After implementing the dry waste system in the school, checks and follow ups come next!
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To keep the system going, GCF also trains the housekeeping staff of the School!
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It's our birthday!

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After each session in each class, we hand out dry waste bags for segregation and collection of dry waste. GCF prefers to measure the success of each program in tonnes diverted from landfill, and this step helps us do just that!
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This step is the most rewarding part of the project- conducting the sessions and engaging with the students!
Over our experience, GCF teams have conducted sessions for Grades 1-12 and colleges, and had a lot of fun doing it!
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We start with getting the School to commit to going green!
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Today we'd love to start taking you on our journey towards turning an entire School waste neutral... Join us over the next few posts to find out how it went!
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We don't let go! Retraining and support services are always offered by GCF to Societies where we have implemented our processes!
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This stream of waste is usually the marker of the project's success- Reject Waste. The lesser the better!
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We at GCF cannot stress the importance of this step enough- Recording Data! Apart from understanding the impact of the project, it also acts as a check to identify any breakdowns in the process.
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Having taken care of the wet waste, check out what happens with the segregated dry waste generated by the Society...
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The next step is one of the most important, as it deals with almost 70% of the waste being generated by any waste generator daily- composting of wet/ organic waste!

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Step 9 is the implementation of the segregation at source and the system of collection of this segregated waste!

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Step 8 is capacity building for individual homes and the Society as well!

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Step 7 is training the Society's staff to ensure that the process continues!

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Step 6 is educating the Society's members!

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