plastic waste

Their goal was to demonstrate that despite large numbers of revellers, the event can be zero-waste and eco-friendly. An ideal zero-waste event sends nothing to landfills and incinerators.

The sal leaf project is expected to provide a sizeable income to 500 local women. Furthermore, collectorate official have also been told to bring their own water bottles! #LiveGreen #PlasticFreeIndia #IAS

Besides depositing the plastic in garbage bins kept at the school gate everyday, the students also water the over two thousand saplings they have planted along the road. True education indeed! #LiveGreen

Now, crush plastic bottles at railway stations to recharge your phone. Pay for a meal with a bag of plastic waste. And fund your schooling by fighting pollution!

The fresh castor straws can be stored in the fridge reused for up to ten times and the sun-dried ones can be reused for a period of six months. Both the types are biodegradable and can decompose within a day.

To keep up the good work, the Municipal Corporation of the city has now taken a step towards eliminating single-use plastic cutlery not only in government offices but in food joints and private functions too.

The milk ATM in Berhampur has a carrying capacity of 500 litres. One litre of milk is sold at Rs 40 and the consumer take out a minimum of 250 ml of milk at Rs 10.

The sustainable school also has a ‘rolly polly’ to convert waste into manure and a farm-cum-forest where each student gets to pluck vegetables. Furthermore, the school canteens have replaced all plastic cutlery with steel. India totally needs more schools like this!

Upcycling waste bottles sounds good? Well, the college is doing more than that. The students are now growing 25 different vegetables in waste cement bags, broken buckets and tin cans!

Persons fetching 1 kg plastic waste will be offered a full meal while those collecting 500 gms waste will get a substantial breakfast. And the collected plastic will be used to construct roads. Brilliant!