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Plan@Earth- NGO for turning waste as a resource

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Title Plan@Earth- NGO for turning waste as
a resource
 
Creator Mohammed, Mujeeb
Abraham, Sooraj
Sumithra, T G
Reshma, K J
 
Description 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.
 
Date 2018
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12957/1/Reshma_2018_COMAD_%20Plan%40earth.pdf
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.