Tag: Plastic pollution
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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…
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Earth Day 2025
Earth Day was first proposed a day to honour the Earth and the concept of peace and later as an environmental teach-in for the United States. By the 1990s Earth Day had mobilised around 200 million people in 141 countries and had lifted the status of environmental issues onto the world stage. This years theme…
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Sensitisation for those who are a part of the natural world.
“The more you know, the less you need.” An exposure to waste management for the students of Eklavya Model Residential School, M’ Palada, which comes under of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and offers quality education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas. Keeping in tune with the Australian Proverb that, “The more you know,…
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Coonoor River Phase-5
A 11 day exercise aimed at a re-cleanup of the middle stream and a further widening of 500 meters of hitherto untouched ground was brought to a successful conclusion on 08 October, thanks to the funds made available from funds provided by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and INTACH Nilgiris Chapter. It is hoped that our efforts…
