Food and Sanitary Waste
Disposal in Trains
Honey JamesILPD
The Indian Railway
● The largest mode of transportation in India
● The second largest system in Asia
● Huge number of people use the Indian railways daily for commuting
● Huge amount of waste
The Topic
● Personal experience
● Co-passengers
● Clean Railway Platforms
● Waste disposal issue
● Environmental Issues
● Piling up of wastes near
railway tracks
● Problems of women
Methods of Research
1. Literature review
2. Planning stage
3. Preparing survey forms
4. Visiting railway stations
5. Travelling in train
6. Interviewing people
7. Observations
8. Data management
9. Analysis
Visits
Planning Stage
● Methods of getting
maximum information
from people
● More number of responses
required
● Chose to have both
quantitave and qualitative
reasearch
VisitsRailway stations
Trains
● Long distance (1)● Passenger Train (2)
Survey
● Online (43)
● Focus on social media
contacts
● Tangible (48)
● Personal Interviews (5)
Results
Daily Passengers
-Travel between 1 to 3 hrs
-Carry their food,or else they don’t need food inside the train
● 85% Carry food in Tiffin boxes
● 18% carry in -Banana leaves
● 2% bring parcels from outside
Disposal methods
Food waste
● 60% Dispose thier waste (Breakfast items,Meals) in the waste baskets
● 35% Doesn’t have any waste
● 5% Throw it outside
Disposal methods
Sanitary pads
● 60% Carry it themselves
● 35% Dispose it in the waste baskets
● 5% Throw it in the latrine
Weekly and Sometimes
● 60% Buy food from train
● 5% Parcel services
● 38% carry their own food
DisposalFood waste
● 80% Throw it outside
● 17% Throw it in dustbins
● 3% Carry a bag and throw the waste at home or at plattforms
Disposal Sanitary Pads
● 40% Carry it themselves
● 30% Throw it outside
● 20% Throw it in the dustbins
Overall
Personal Interviews
● Food
● Sanitary Pads
● Corruption
Creative minds
● Rotating Power
● Paper Bags
● Colour Coded waste baskets
● Drawers
● Bio Toilets
● Vaccum Toilets
● Clothes for pads
● Overflow of food
● Infographics
Thank you!
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