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Waste recycling in Panaji, Goa
With thanks to Clinton Vaz
Improper Waste Management is a problem across India, with burning and burying releasing greenhouse gases and numerous other atmospheric, ground and water pollutants as well as toxic leachate into groundwater sources. Proper awareness on simple waste management skills such as separation of waste at source, recycling, & composting are answers to this dilema. Clinton Vaz, a Goan Environmentalist, has been working with local municipalities to select decentralized, and low cost waste management techniques. Here in Goa, they have brought about an 85% reduction in waste going into landfill.
How have they done this? Eighty-five composting units have been constructed in Panjim, the highest number of composting stations in any city in India; they are recycling all of the dry waste that comes into the city, which equates to about 20 trucks per week. They are also working with corporates to take responsibility for their own waste, with Pepsi, Bisleri, Coke and Tetrapak already on board and sponsoring a recycling centre for people to return this waste within the city. In the future, they hope to get more companies involved. In addition, Clinton is conducting training programmes at schools and community centres on how to separate waste, raising awareness about the importance and mechanism by which this solution can be adopted. Excitingly, the courts have actually started asking other municipalities to start following the example of Panaji.
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