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!