Waste Management

Solid Waste Management
The solid waste management practices of the institution follows the guidelines of the International Institute of Waste Management. A structured, systematic and multi-level solid waste management process has to be implemented following the norms below:

i. Waste segregation and collection at every level of the organization is done through colour coded and labelled bins placed in the classrooms, auditoria, cafeteria, laboratories, corridors, wash rooms, quadrangle and parks

ii. Exclusive support staff is appointed for waste collection, segregation, weighing the different categories of waste, treatment or disposal

iii. The paper waste collected is sent to authorised recycling unit. MoU has been signed with ITC Pro Enviro Recycling Private Ltd. Wealth out of Waste (WOW).

iv. A MoU is signed with an authorized e-vendor Sonal Metacop for the timely collection and recycling of e-waste.

v. The plastic and glass waste is given to BBMP and authorised plastic waste collection centres.

vi. Wet waste is treated through vermicomposting and resulting vermicompost is used as bio fertilizer.

vii. Dry leaves and kitchen waste is treated in the compost pit and the bio fertilizer is used in the garden

viii. Biogas plant caters to the treatment of kitchen waste and the biogas is used as an alternate source of energy and the leach is used as manure

ix. Incinerators are used to dispose needles, sharps and sanitary napkins

x. Hazardous biological waste is autoclaved and disposed following institutional biosafety guidelines

Smart Management of Waste

Smart bin has been a product of the student’s project with sensor which gives an alert when the bin is full.

The data of solid waste generated is recorded in excel spread sheet and is taken up as a project for a software development for analyzing the different categories of waste generated and steps to reduce and recycle the same.

STP water flow meter helps to analyse the volume of water for recycling and recycled water. Students carry out projects in analyzing different parameters of rain water, bore well water and treated water. The water is analyzed regularly using the water analyzer and required actions taken if any.

The campus is networked with sensors to create smart campus. Inbuilt KJC Smart application developed exclusively by our students to monitor waste generation, drainage level etc.

Social distancing monitors and automatic sanitizer dispenser were developed by the students during lock down period which has served to be beneficial during pandemic times.

Smart bins are installed in various corners of the campus. This sends the alert to the specified mobile numbers.

Drainage level monitoring system monitors the drainage conditions on real time continuously, and alerts the housekeeping staff.

Social distancing monitors are installed in cafeteria which is the most common hangout place of students. An alert is sent to the cafeteria manager when two persons are closer than two meters. Through their RFID based ID card, information can be gathered and displayed on the dash board.

Automatic sanitizer dispenser fixed in the washroom of our admin block. It detects hand and automatically releases two drops of sanitizer.

Sewage Treatment Plant
The college has also installed Sewage treatment plant of 90,000 litres and 20,000 litres in the college campus, guest house and hostels in the year 2016 with the aim to recycle all the waste water generated within the campus. The incoming wastewater passes through grit removal, primary clarifiers and activated sludge, secondary clarifiers followed by filtration and disinfection by UV treatment. The water quality monitoring parameters such as DO, BOD, TDS are frequently used to determine the standard of water and acquired counteractive measures for refurbishment of water. The quality of the water is regularly analysed at different time intervals in the department of life sciences laboratories. The purified water is mainly used for gardening purpose and flushing the toilets.