Litter Audit Protocol
Litter Audit Protocol
Section titled “Litter Audit Protocol”What this guide will cover
Section titled “What this guide will cover”A standardised step-by-step protocol for conducting a litter audit on a defined river stretch in India.
Planned content:
- What a litter audit is and why it matters — difference from a general cleanup; outputs include waste-type data, density, and hotspot mapping.
- How to define your stretch — length, start/end markers, and GPS recording.
- Categorisation system — plastic types, organic waste, industrial waste, medical waste, religious offering materials, with a printable classification sheet.
- Recording methodology — count vs weight vs area-density methods; which to use and when.
- Team roles — collector, recorder, photographer.
- Submitting your audit data — formats compatible with Nadikosh, NGO templates, and CPCB-aligned reporting.
- Interpreting results — how to read your own audit data for patterns and repeat-offender waste types.