Tag: Waste Management Facility
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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…
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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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A Flowery Tale
The awards ceremony of this year’s floral carnival was quite marred by the premature burst of the Southwest monsoon, but the downpours, drizzles, Scotch mists, London fogs, and high winds, failed to dampen the spirit of the proceedings, and the sea of humanity which thronged the gardens stands testimony of that fact. Happy that our…
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Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development
A summer camp organised by the Madras Regimental Centre, Wellington for students of classes 6 to 10 is underway since the 19th of this month. A morning walk through Sim’s Park to appraise the children of the bio-diverse nature of this district followed by a visit to the waste management unit run by this organisation,…
