Ambikapur: On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the countrymen to conserve the environment and called for a revolution in the country's approach towards plastic waste.
Ambikapur- Second story of Garbage cafe While people are just starting to take steps into the direction, Ambikapur Municipal Corporation had started putting efforts into saving the environment back in 2014 with its door-to-door garbage collection scheme. Its solid waste management is emerging as a model for other states.
AMC segregates every part of the collected waste into categories and all of it is sold to be reused through the medium of vendors.
The coloured polythenes are sold to cement factories while the transparent polythenes are manufactured into plastic granules and sold for different works.
While AMC's initiative is proving to be fruitful for the environment, it is also creating employment opportunities for women.
In another unique move, the Corporation has set up the country's first 'Garbage Cafe' in the city. Launched on October 9, the cafe stands for a barter system that is both charitable and responsible.
The garbage cafe provides free food to about anyone who brings in a kilogram of plastic waste. While the cafe witnesses arrival of 9-10 kg of plastic waste daily, the maximum quantity ever witnessed is 21 kg on a single day. The plastic from here is then taken to Sanitary Park's recycling centre. The city corporation plans to use the collected plastic waste to construct roads.
However, the awareness talks about banning single-use plastic surround the country, there have not been any concrete enacted laws for the same.
As such, AMC emerges as a model for all. If all the cities set up such units in their vicinity, India would get rid of nearly half the plastic that is dumped into bins every day.-
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Chhattisgarh: On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the countrymen to conserve the environment and called for a revolution in the country's approach towards plastic waste.
While people are just starting to take steps into the direction, Ambikapur Municipal Corporation had started putting efforts into saving the environment back in 2014 with its door-to-door garbage collection scheme. Its solid waste management is emerging as a model for other states.
AMC segregates every part of the collected waste into categories and all of it is sold to be reused through the medium of vendors.
The coloured polythenes are sold to cement factories while the transparent polythenes are manufactured into plastic granules and sold for different works.
While AMC's initiative is proving to be fruitful for the environment, it is also creating employment opportunities for women.
In another unique move, the Corporation has set up the country's first 'Garbage Cafe' in the city. Launched on October 9, the cafe stands for a barter system that is both charitable and responsible.
The garbage cafe provides free food to about anyone who brings in a kilogram of plastic waste. While the cafe witnesses arrival of 9-10 kg of plastic waste daily, the maximum quantity ever witnessed is 21 kg on a single day. The plastic from here is then taken to Sanitary Park's recycling centre. The city corporation plans to use the collected plastic waste to construct roads.
However, the awareness talks about banning single-use plastic surround the country, there have not been any concrete enacted laws for the same.
As such, AMC emerges as a model for all. If all the cities set up such units in their vicinity, India would get rid of nearly half the plastic that is dumped into bins every day.-
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Location: Chhattisgarh
VO: On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the countrymen to conserve the environment and called for a revolution in the country's approach towards plastic waste.
GFX: Appeal for enviornmental conservation
VO: While people are just starting to take steps into the direction, Ambikapur Municipal Corporation had started putting efforts into saving the environment back in 2014 with its door-to-door garbage collection scheme. Its solid waste management is emerging as a model for other states.
GFX: Door-to-door garbage collection scheme
VO: AMC segregates every part of the collected waste into categories and all of it is sold to be reused through the medium of vendors.
GFX: Segregation of plastic waste
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Byte: Dr Ajay Tirki; Mayor, Ambikapur (0.50-1.22)
Our move will motivate people to discourage plastic usage
Our purpose was the same
Plastic is damaging the soil and adding to waste
Cattle are also dying by consuming it
These things will begin to improve
Our city stands number one in solid waste management
With this we'll step forward towards more improvement
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VO: The coloured polythenes are sold to cement factories while the transparent polythenes are manufactured into plastic granules and sold for different works.
GFX: Sale of plastic waste to factories
VO: While AMC's initiative is proving to be fruitful for the environment, it is also creating employment opportunities for women.
GFX: Employment opportunities for women
VO: In another unique move, the Corporation has set up the country's first 'Garbage Cafe' in the city. Launched on October 9, the cafe stands for a barter system that is both charitable and responsible.
GFX: India's first garbage cafe
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Byte: Ritesh Saini; Incharge, Swachh Bharat Mission (0.8-0.16) & (0.23-0.33)
Our motive was to spread awareness and motivate people of our city to participate in waste management
We want to make people more aware about plogging as there is platic waste scattered all around the city
They can also get food if they bring plasctic waste to us
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VO: It provides free food to about anyone who brings in a kilogram of plastic waste. The plastic from here is then taken to Sanitary Park's recycling centre where it is later used in the construction of roads.
GFX: Free food in exchange for plastic waste
VO: Today, awareness talks about banning single-use plastic surround the country. However, there have not been any concrete enacted laws for the same.
GFX: Lack of concrete laws
VO: As such, AMC emerges as a model for all. If all the cities set up such units in their vicinity, India would get rid of nearly half the plastic that is dumped into bins every day.
GFX: AMC: a model for all
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