Project Swachhata
In order to sensitize the society and raise the awareness level of the common man about the neglected, least understood yet very important issue of Solid Waste Management, DEEKSHA launched *PROJECT SWACHHATA.* Under the project, we have been actively involved with RWAs, schools and individuals in raising the awareness about solid waste management besides executing projects for solid waste management by adopting various techniques of reducing, recycling and safe disposal of waste.
Modern lifestyle, luxuries and conveniences have made our lives easy and comfortable. Everything is available to us with a blink of an eye today. We get well-prepared food that can be bought on one order, fresh water in packed bottles, compact entertainment in the form of discs and everything that a man can imagine on this planet. However, very few of us have ever thought that with all the facilities that this modern and luxurious life brings us, it also produces a large amount of waste, called Solid Waste, which is a serious issue of concern and needs to be taken care of and addressed expeditiously.
To address this issue, we have been working constantly to make people aware about solid waste management. Volunteers are imparting training to people on waste segregation and the ways to reduce waste production. Also, demonstrations and presentations are being shown at various schools to make the children aware of the simple way of managing the solid waste generated at home, so that burden can be reduced on the landfills.
The success lies in the fact that People and children have started adopting these practices in a big way at a number of places at the behest of DEEKSHA. This is indeed a positive step in environment conservation. A few of the initiatives by DEEKSHA are:
Our Initiatives
Vermicomposting
DEEKSHA conceptualized, constructed and commissioned a Vermi composting project at Sat Krishna Charitable Hospital at Narsingpur, Gurugram with the support and cooperation of JLLM and Youthreach besides many others done across the region.
E Waste
We launched and successfully implemented a community based waste management programme in Punjab and Chandigarh with specific reference to e-waste management. Volunteers from DEEKSHA held a series of workshops first to make the student community aware about the menace of e-waste and followed up with community based action programme wherein the students motivated the citizens to deposit their e-waste with DEEKSHA for facilitating scientific disposal of the same. This way a very large amount of e waste was collected and handed over to the disposal agency thereby preventing major pollution of the soil & water.
Paper Recycling
Our volunteers have been regularly conducting training workshops in various schools regarding paper recycling. The students are being taught the technique for making recycled paper from waste. The enthusiasm of the student community is worth complimenting. Besides the student community, the families of Indian Air Force were also made aware about various techniques and methods of managing household waste.
Shun Single Use Plastic
Recently we carried out a series of training and awareness workshops regarding management of non-biodegradable waste with special reference to single use plastic. The campaign led by Ms Nuvreet in Ranchi, through various interactive workshops involving play way methods and video clips, focussed on students of many schools being made aware of the ills of single use plastic and plastic pollution. The students pledged not to use single use plastic and prevent plastic pollution.
Clean Up Campaign
DEEKSHA conducted a clean-up your area campaign at Jalandhar with students in the lead. The aim of the campaign was to spread awareness amongst the residents of the area to adopt the waste segregation and safe waste disposal methodology.