Kollam: Science teacher Najeem K Sultan’s house seems to be a laboratory where he experiments with waste materials including electronic items. The house in Kottiyam junction, Kollam district of Kerala is a museum of recycled and reused waste articles.
Right from the entrance, the house piques one’s curiosity. The small courtyard here is a wide garden where old helmets and plastic bottles are replaced as flower pots. Leafy plants are grown on an old bicycle. Cascade with guppies refreshes the entire atmosphere. Moreover, a model of novel coronavirus created from unwanted plastic bottles in the front reminds one of the precautionary measures of COVID 19.
Eye-catchy switchboards made of elephant bamboo makes the visitors spellbound. Artificial rainfall in the window panes and the fish tank beneath adds rhythm and life to ṭhe place.
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According to Najeem, nothing is ‘waste’. He crafts beautiful flowers even from the garlic peels. He has made percussion instruments using PVC pipes, waste produced after electric works in the house.
Najeem became fond of recycling waste materials and started working on such crafts by participating in Science fairs as a school student. Today, as a science teacher himself, Najeem is totally involved in all related activities such as making teaching aids, designing smart classrooms.
The teacher has also developed a device to catch snakes and he is waiting for the patent for it. Najeem Sultan proves that one can turn the useless waste materials into interesting, beautiful artefacts and save a huge sum of money.
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