Plastic waste collection

Objectives of the project:

  1. To minimize the mixing of plastic waste with biodegradable waste through segregation at the source by individual households and thereby contributing in prevention of plastic pollution and to save ‘Deepar Beel’, the lone ‘Ramsar Site’ of Assam.
  2. To create public awareness to address and minimize certain ecological and environmental problems like-
    a) Mitigate the artificial water logging and clogging of drain and the artificial flash flood.
    b) Prevention of various vector born diseases and its sources.

Project Outputs:

  1. Project cost and burden of segregation of plastic waste in the land field of Integrated Solid Waste Management Project Guwahati, will be minimized.
  2. ‘Deepar Beel’ the lone Ramsar Site of Assam will be saved from plastic pollution.
  3. “Use and throw” practices of plastic waste into the drain and low lying area will be minimized which is one of the major cause of artificial water logging and clogging of drains of the project location and other places also.
  4. Raised income of the housewives through segregated wastes (resources). Housewives will get ginger and garlic from their segregated plastic waste.
  5. Road side and public places will become free from plastic waste which will lead to develop a clean Guwahati city.

Peoples Participation in Source Segregation of the plastic waste:

Unless and until people will get some benefit, they will never accept any additional burden and participate to segregate the plastic waste at source. ENVIRON have developed the project in a professional way. Where, particularly house wife will participate due to their own benefit as they will be able to earn Ginger and Garlic from their segregated plastic waste.

The idea of offering some benefit against the waste plastic is “nobody is throw news paper because there is a waste value; similarly nobody will throw plastic if we add some waste value”.

At present, everybody have the bitter experiences of the plastic waste. After implementation of this project, plastic waste will no longer be a problem rather it will give money and benefits to all. Once the sense of benefits of plastic waste is inculcated in the peoples mind, naturally it will spread and sustain forever.

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