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Plastic to Casket

by | 06-07-2017 17:14 recommendations 1

We have an unlimited use of plastic in today?s world which is threatening the very eco system we need for our survival. Being an Eco enthusiast and involved with recycling campaigns inside and outside school over the last few years, I have taken this cause to heart and have started a collection and recycling campaign in my building community. For over four years, I have been involved with ensuring carrying out an awareness campaign and also a suitable disposal of plastic waste from my building.

To start with I started with my own home. Subsequently I gained the support of my friends and my neighbours as well. To start with, we organized an awareness campaign and informed all households in the building about the menace of plastic, encouraging them to reduce the use of plastic, reuse whatever that can and then ensure that the balance is recycled or disposed suitably, if recycling is not possible. Thereafter the three of us have been going door to door every week, without fail, to collect the plastic waste from homes. The collected plastic is deposited with a local NGO for recycling.

Our policy is ?If we won?t, who will? We started in earnest in 2013 and are continuing till date. Our school schedules, exams and other activities have never kept us from this duty which we have taken upon ourselves. I can say with pride that we have managed to collect 800kg of plastic from a single building. The building community has many a time expressed happiness at such responsible behavior from a few school goers. Taking this further, I have gone to other buildings in the neighbourhood to start a campaign there among the children. I aim to enlist a task force of student volunteers in the neighboring buildings to ensure that firstly we reduce the plastic waste from our community and then recycle whatever we have and cannot reuse. This will also help raise awareness about this issue.

I would like to encourage readers to take similar initiatives. If a small group of children can achieve this, we can envisage the results, if more and more members of the community engage in such campaigns.  We need support from the community to keep our city green. Let all us begin a conscientious effort to keep plastic from choking the earth.

 

Earth you know is making a silent cry

O Man! Save me from this plastic supply

I have no need of these

To give you the food you need!

Door to Door campaigning of plastic deluge With my collection of a day My partners in this venture

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  • says :
    Thank you friends!..Our initiative had indeed picked up. We hope to spread this campaign beyond our locality too!!
    Posted 09-08-2017 19:31

Aaditya Singh

  • Aaditya Singh says :
    Great Job Varun. I look forward to see you more often on the Tunza Egen Forum. As I mentioned to you, it is a great platform to inspire and be inspired towards a green lifestyle.
    To all other fellow members- I have personally witnessed Varun and his friends diligently carry out their efforts to take Plastic to Casket!!! They are a committed team and are consistent in their efforts to reduce plastic pollution in their neighborhood as also in educating their community about reducing plastic use and recycling of plastic waste.
    Posted 22-07-2017 01:49

Eco Generation

  • Arushi Madan says :
    What an initiative! You have educated residents of your community by visiting every door of your building community and you have protected environment by collecting and recycling plastic. Great! keep it up. Thanks for sharing.
    Posted 13-07-2017 01:28

  • Anishka Jha says :
    That's a great job done by you and your friends! Collecting 800kg must not have been easy to do so well done for that! It is good to know that plastic recycling awareness is being spread all over your building and area :)
    Posted 10-07-2017 18:38

  • says :
    Wow.very very very wonderful initiative. I feel as starting such an initiative.More success in your work.its wonderful
    Posted 08-07-2017 01:04

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