Mohammed, Mujeeb and Abraham, Sooraj and Sumithra, T G and Reshma, K J (2018) Plan@Earth- NGO for turning waste as a resource. In: COMAD, 11-12 April 2018, Kochi.
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Abstract
Plan@Earth is a Voluntary organisation registered as a charitable trust under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act (Reg No ER-313/09). It works in the area of environment conservation by offering solutions for waste management. Plan@Earth believes that “waste is not a trash but a resource” and proper waste management is the vital part for sustainable development of society. The activities of Plan@Earth are directed towards the 6 Rs namely, Reduce, Reuse, Refuse, Restructure, Remove and Recycle. The first 3 Rs are achieved through awareness classes, campaigns, street-plays. The other 3 Rs are achieved by training the community to segregate waste at source followed by door to door collection of waste from over 20000 households using push carts and directing clean and dry waste collected for recycling. The dry waste that cannot be recycled are washed and made into bags, file-folders, items of home décor using the method of up-cycling. With the help of the mechanical engineering dept of SNGCE College, Kolenchery, Plan@Earth has also developed a machine to make “Eco-Bricks” using discarded plastic packaging and sand. Every year Plan@Earth carries out nearly 200 awareness classes and uses mimes, skits, street plays and dramas performed by student volunteers to get the message across to the public. Each project in this NGO can support 20-25 women from poorer backgrounds as means for poverty alleviation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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| Divisions: | Contributors |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2018 04:51 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2018 04:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/12957 |
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