We had a lecture on waste management conducted by Mark. He started off by telling us of his early experience with waste as a child when he tried throwing stuff out of the moving car and his mother told him what he was doing was very wrong. Since his time at the gymnasium, he has started segregation of waste into 5 types, that is, plastic, paper, glass, metal and degradable(kitchen waste).
He spoke about the role of GreenPeace in waste management and stressed on the problems faced by people living near incinerators. The people had allergies, diseases like TB, asthama, etc....
We were then taken for a tour of the gymnasium's waste management plant. First we were taken to a shed where there were large bins to be filled with plastic and paper.
Then we were taken to the basement where Mark collects literally all the waste from the gymnasium and segregates it in large bins. There are canisters with styrofoam, metal cages with cardboard, metal scrap,etc....
Mark also mentioned recycling paper and clean plastic, that is, dirty plastic with food stains washed before disposal.
The lecture was very informative and we do hope to implement some of the wonderful ideas of Mark in Goa and make our home a cleaner place to live in.
Dear Queen,
ReplyDeleteI will be very happy if you implement this in our College and we will provide you large plastic bins.