Four bins, four jobs
Anything that was food, or touched food and got soggy — peels, leftovers, bones, egg shells, tea bags, leaf plates. It becomes compost.
picked up DAILY · never line this bin with plastic
Anything clean and dry that can be recycled — packets, paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic. Rinse and dry packets first; wrap broken glass in newspaper.
picked up TWICE A WEEK
Anything that touched a body — bandages, diapers, masks, used tissues, razors, pads, syringes, even nail clippings and hair. Wrap in newspaper, mark a big red ✖, hand over separately.
picked up DAILY · never line this bin either
Leaves, clippings, branches — bundle them up and keep them ready. Never mix garden waste into the wet bin.
picked up ONCE A MONTH
Where even the adults slip
🧻 A tissue with food on it goes wet — but a tissue you blew your nose into goes sanitary. Same tissue, different story.
🥛 Milk packets and sauce sachets are dry waste — but only after a quick rinse and dry. A milky packet spoils the whole recycling bag.
🔦 Broken glass and tubelights are dry waste, but wrap them well in newspaper first — someone's hands sort this bag.
💅 Nails and hair surprise everyone: they go in sanitary, not wet.
🍂 Garden leaves are not wet waste — they get their own monthly pickup. Bundle, don't mix.
A cleaner country starts at one bin
If each of us does our part — and inspires just a few more around us — there is a real chance our country becomes less messy and more clean. That is the whole theory of this page: one house sorting well teaches the next one.
I still have hope for our country. One day, we will become.
ReflectionEvery time we sort — or don't — we cast a small vote. So the question each bin quietly asks: are we part of the problem, or part of the solution?