IND-2012-36 DAV- Berhampur Plastic Hatao - Parivesh Bachao
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Name Of The School D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL, BERHAMPUR Address Sadananda Vihar, Gosaninuagaon Berhampur, Dist: Ganjam, Odisha Pin: 760003. Phone: 0680-2115407, 2224548, 2223631 E-Mail: [email protected] Name Of The Students Epeesta, Ipshita Panda, Vidya Venkatesan, Shradha Dakua, Shivasish Sahu, Digant Lathi, Sameer Padhy, Aditya Mahapatro Name Of The Mentor Ms. Swapna Rani Panigrahy & Mrs. Amruta Parichha Title Of Story Of Change ”Polythene Hatao . . . . . Parivesh Bachao” FEEL Today the world has been turned into a garbage bin, more than population being the single most significant factor responsible, it’s the use of Polythene & Plastics that’s littering our houses, our schools, our cities & the earth as a whole. The material of convenience has become the reason of causing the maximum inconvenience. We, the team of 08 Students from Std. IX & Std. X of D.A.V. Public School, Berhampur, Odisha were always pained by the ugly site of Polythene littering our Playground, our Canteen, Drains, inside as well as outside classrooms. We felt, not only School it’s the Town as a whole suffers from this acute malady. First, we had a talk with the support staff of the school as they were the worst affected. They had to clean the ground and unblock the drains repetitively to keep the school clean. Whereas they were able to burn the rest of solid waste & dispose it off, plastic waste was sordidly accumulated around, adding to the problem. As we discussed this problem with our Mentors – Social Studies Teacher Ms. Swapna Rani Panigrahy & Science Teacher Ms. Amruta Parichha we felt, we strongly needed to do something about it. IMAGINE Our team could foresee, if we wish to see our School really clean & make it green, we had to first make it free from Polythene so we called our mission “Polythene Hatao, Parivesh Bachao”. We thought of many ideas – Sensitizing Students, Ban Polythene at least in School & teach ourselves & the rest of the school how to reuse Polythene bags since they are non-
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Name Of The School D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL, BERHAMPURAddress Sadananda Vihar, Gosaninuagaon
Berhampur, Dist: Ganjam, OdishaPin: 760003. Phone: 0680-2115407, 2224548, 2223631E-Mail: [email protected]
Name Of The Students Epeesta, Ipshita Panda, Vidya Venkatesan, Shradha Dakua, Shivasish Sahu, Digant Lathi, Sameer Padhy, Aditya Mahapatro
Name Of The Mentor Ms. Swapna Rani Panigrahy & Mrs. Amruta ParichhaTitle Of Story Of Change ”Polythene Hatao . . . . . Parivesh Bachao”FEELToday the world has been turned into a garbage bin, more than population being the single most
significant factor responsible, it’s the use of Polythene & Plastics that’s littering our houses, our
schools, our cities & the earth as a whole. The material of convenience has become the reason of
causing the maximum inconvenience. We, the team of 08 Students from Std. IX & Std. X of D.A.V.
Public School, Berhampur, Odisha were always pained by the ugly site of Polythene littering our
Playground, our Canteen, Drains, inside as well as outside classrooms. We felt, not only School it’s
the Town as a whole suffers from this acute malady.
First, we had a talk with the support staff of the school as they were the worst affected. They had to
clean the ground and unblock the drains repetitively to keep the school clean. Whereas they were
able to burn the rest of solid waste & dispose it off, plastic waste was sordidly accumulated around,
adding to the problem. As we discussed this problem with our Mentors – Social Studies Teacher Ms.
Swapna Rani Panigrahy & Science Teacher Ms. Amruta Parichha we felt, we strongly needed to do
something about it.
IMAGINEOur team could foresee, if we wish to see our School really clean & make it green, we had to first
make it free from Polythene so we called our mission “Polythene Hatao, Parivesh Bachao”. We
thought of many ideas – Sensitizing Students, Ban Polythene at least in School & teach ourselves &
the rest of the school how to reuse Polythene bags since they are non-biodegradable. So we
decided in favor of a four step solution (4R’s): -
(i) Refuse (ii) Reduce (iii) Reuse (iv) Recycle
DOOur team put the plan of action in place with the week long activities from 27 th Aug to 1st Sept 2012
a) Shivaish Sahu (Std. IX) addressed the School assembly & appealed to all the students: -
i. Refuse to take Polybags while bringing things from the market.
ii. Don’t bring Tiffin etc in Polythene bags.
iii. Learn how to use the thick plastic bags for various other purposes such as converting
them into shopping bags, using them as thick Book Marker, use as Notebooks / Books cover
and reuse for various purposes till it is rendered absolutely useless.
iv. Then reduce it considerably in size before dumping it so that a small pit can work as a
landfill for thousands of them at a time.
b) We requested the Canteen Manager not to serve food in poly based materials & insisted on
using leaf plates instead.
c) On 30th Aug 2012, we all took out an Anti-Polythene Rally starting from School Assembly thereby
once again spreading the message in the school itself. Then we went to the main areas of the
Town generating awareness against the use of Polythene.
d) Shivaish Sahu (Std. IX) once again displayed in the assembly how to use Polybags for
plantation. Same was message was carried out in the community. Finally we are today able to
see the change in our friends as well as the community which has not only started using
Polybags for plantation but have also made their environment clean & green adding to the
aesthetics of their residence.
We acknowledge with thanks the help & guidance rendered to us by our Mentors Ms. Swapna Rani
Panigrahy & Ms. Amruta Parichha, Department of Forest, Govt. Of Odisha, EcoClub Coordinators &
NGO’s – LIPIKA & ATMA, Police Authorities & Electronic & Print Media for helping us in spreading
the message.
PHOTO GALLERY
Feeling the intensity – The Poly garbage presenting
the ugly site.
Demonstrating the use of Polybags fro Plantations
Collecting Polybags from the School’s Playground
Using leaf based garbage for compost pit.
Reducing the size of Polybags before dumping.
Encouraging the use of dry leaves for serving food in the
Canteen.
Anti Polythene Rally on 31st August 2012
Vermicompost
Use of Polythene for Plantation
Results form theCommunity –
Plantation in Polybags.
We - The Team for Design for Change 2012
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