Author: Vasanthan Panchavarnam

  • E-Waste Collection Drive

    E-Waste Collection Drive

    Informal e-waste recycling activities may have several adverse health effects. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable. The ILO and WHO estimate that millions of women and child labourers working in the informal recycling sector globally may be at risk of hazardous e-waste exposures. To ensure responsible disposal students of the Interact Club of the…

  • Appreciation

    Appreciation

    “Appreciation can make a day – even change a life, for the roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” This quote of Dalai Lama’s emphasises the transformative power of appreciation, suggesting it can positively impact a day or even an entire life. The core idea is that by recognising and…

  • World Environment Day 2025

    World Environment Day 2025

    To mark this years World Environment Day, Coonoor Municipality and Clean Coonoor sent out the 137th truckload of zero value plastic to be co-processed as fuel in the cement kilns of Ariyalur. This small event was flagged off by the Municipal Commissioner Mr. Ilamparathi in the presence of trustees and members of the organisation and…

  • Three Years of Wet Waste

    Three Years of Wet Waste

    As of today, three years have rolled by since the wet waste composting unit was commissioned by Ms. Supriya Sahu IAS., Additional Chief Secretary of Environment, Climate Change, and Forests. We at Clean Coonoor are happy to inform that we have managed to turn 7998 metric tons of food waste into 1200 tons of Grade-A…

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