What began eight years ago with purchase of basic composting bins has grown into a sustained waste management effort at Ragamalika, a gated community in Mandaveli. As a bulk waste generator, the community is required to manage its own wet waste, but residents soon discovered that successful composting needed more than equipment — it required segregation, training and steady participation.Initially, Ragamalika bought bulk composting bins from My Green Bin, but what followed was marked by a see-saw between a burst of activity and a lull of inactivity. Now, for the last one-and-a-half years, residents and housekeeping staff have got adjusted to the new system and are composting in earnest. By 2025, most blocks in the complex were segregating waste into three streams: recyclables, wet waste and landfill-bound waste.Recyclables are handed over to Bintix, while about 20 kg of wet waste is processed within the community every day. Earlier, an outside service provider checked the wet waste to ensure that plastic and other inorganic material had not entered the bins before adding microbes to the green composting units. When sorting mistakes occur, residents are informed and educated on what goes where, helping improve segregation over time.