Haritha Karma Sena: Forty women resolve to turn Perniad plastic-free

In a noble initiative to turn their village into a plastic-free Panchayat, around forty women of Perniad village in Kollam district of Kerala collects garbage from every household in the ward which is used for tarring roads.

Kollam(Kerala):Forty women of Perniad village here have embarked on a journey to turn their village into a plastic-free Panchayat.

The National Green Tribunal has chosen Perinad as an example of proper implementation of waste management laws and environmental protection measures. Perinad has given a lesson to the rest of the country on how to deal with the peril of plastic.

A group called the Haritha Karma Sena collects garbage from every household in the ward which is then taken to a processing unit for washing, cleaning and breaking it down into a powder.

The processed powder is then sent out from the processing unit to 'Clean Kerala Company' which uses it for tarring roads.

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