Bury your garden waste in the garden itself.

It is that time of the year when trees are shedding lots of leaves. Difficulty is we can't call it autumn. Delhi has such a large variety of trees that their cycles are not always matching with each other. Sometimes it is not leaves but flowers.

I find every day a large percentage of garbage which is collected from our colony is comprised of this waste from parks. Municipal trucks carry them to Ghazipur or some other "landfill" which are no more landfill. Large mountain is coming up in that place. This is where the fires rage as is the experience of Mumbai. It also means burning of fossil fuel to carry this garbage.

I recommend that all parks should recycle their organic waste within the park itself. Think of jungles. They remain pristine all through the year exhibiting their natural cycle. In each park we need to create a pit or trench and keep filling it with the waste. When it is near full, we cover it by the layer of earth and dig a pit in another corner. And so it goes on. The need for fertiliser would also be minimised.

Cars should use more solar power

I saw a product in a pamphlet from Citi Bank.  It is a solar powered ventilation product which sucks out the hot air from a stationary vehicle.  I think this should be a standard part of every car sold in hot environs of our country.

Solution to Water Pollution is in dry disposal

I live in Delhi. Whenever, I cross Yamuna river, it stinks. It is no more a river. It is a large drain for dirty water. Delhi uses up all the water that Yamuna receives upstream. And it throws in the river the dirty water. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Delhi Jal Board would argue that they treat the sewage water and then only it is released in river. I have seen the plant. It works quite hard. But results are inadequate.

Is water pollution not solvable?

For solving any problem, first we need to identify the root cause of the problem. About 100 years ago we did not have such acute problem of water pollution. Difference between then and now is not only that the population has grown dramatically, but the real reason is the flushing of human excreta in our homes and offices with water. This is the biggest reason for water pollution.

Solution lies in dry disposal and burning of human excreta. It will be the single biggest revolution in achieving better water quality and containment of water borne diseases. Almost all the diseases like typhoid, hepatitis, diarrhoea happen because the water is contaminated. Let some technologists come up with new solutions to achieve this.

Packaging and Environment

Have you ever reflected on the nice packaging that surrounds the Fast Moving Consumer Goods? You consume a bottle of soft drink and throw away the plastic bottle. Our consumption is momentary. We take a few minutes or an hour to digest. How much time does the earth take to digest that plastic bottle? Several years. Today's packaging industry is one of the biggest culprit in environmental degradation.

How can we solve this problem?

We need to support environment friendly policies and rules.  

There should be a 200 percent tax on bottled water.

All multi storey buildings should have provision for filtered water made available through separate identified taps.

 I am looking for more ideas and suggestions.