Page 72 - Mann ki Baat June 2022 - English

Recycle for Life: An exemplar of turning

waste to wealth

Karaikal in Puducherry
is showing the way to
turn waste into wealth. A
large number of people
visit Puducherry to enjoy
its serene beaches and
marine beauty. But there
had been an increase of
plastic waste on the sea
coast, disturbing the entire
ecosystem of the place.
Therefore, to save the sea,
beaches and ecology,
people started a ‘Recycling
for Life’ campaign.
is disposed of using scientific
Moreover, the waste dumping
yard in this port city is no longer methods. We also produce
a dumping yard, instead proper electricity from waste.” He further
solid waste management is expressed his gratitude towards
being done here using advanced the Prime Minister for speaking
scientific methods. about their activity of composting
The solid waste segregated now and producing biogas through
produces wealth. For instance, recycling garbage in 'Mann ki Baat'.
food waste from hotels is used to “This gives us a lot of happiness
produce biogas and biofertilizer. and inspiration," he added.
Non-compostable waste is
used to create flowerpots and Ms. Mariya Rose, Circle Manager,
decorative objects like birds and Hand in Hand NGO further
animals for display in the park. elaborated on the recycling of
For this work, an NGO ‘Hand in waste and said, “Garbage is
Hand Inclusive Development separated into biodegradable
and Services’ has worked and non-biodegradable waste.
tremendously. Shri Ramesh,
The recycled waste is put to use.
Karaikal Project Manager for Hand
There is no such thing as waste.
in Hand explained how they sorted
It can be used through recycling.
out the garbage coming from
houses and made it useful. Through this project, women
from more than 200 families have
Shri Loganathan, engineer, Karaikal
Municipality gave further insights benefited. It is a pleasure that the
into the initiative. He said, "We did Prime Minister of India highlighted
door-to-door collection of waste, us in the 'Mann ki Baat' episode
and nearly 85% of solid waste recently,” she added.

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