Kozhikode: District Collector P.B. Salim said here on Tuesday that 1,216 schools in the district would be declaared plastic waste-free on December 20, as part of the Mass Action-plan for a Plastic-free Kozhikode (MAP).
“A variety of activities have been organised in the schools as part of properly sensitising the students about this pressing cause,” he said. These included special assemblies, literary contests with ‘plastic-waste' as a theme, contest in producing alternatives for plastic articles and selection of teacher/student coordinators to monitor the MAP activities. Select student/teacher coordinators had been given special training.
An exhibition of alternative products for plastic carry bags and other articles produced by various companies, NGOs and students would be organised at the Jubilee Hall in the city from December 22 to 24.
The Collector said the seven-day annual camp of the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the schools in different panchayats would have ‘plastic-free Kozhikode' as its theme. Government offices, health institutions and business/commercial organisations also would join the drive. All the government offices would be declared plastic-waste-free before December 31. “Health institutions in the district will be declared so by January 5,” the Collector said.
“All the parties have in principle agreed to be part of the initiative,” he said. A meeting of the CPI(M) district leadership was expected to declare support for the drive. They were also considering a proposal to avoid flex and plastic materials for party campaign activities, Dr. Salim said.
Several organisations, including Mata Amrithanandamayi Math and Total Sanitation Mission had sponsored plastic re-cycling units for the campaign. The district was expected to be declared plastic-waste-free in January-end, the Collector added.
Source: The Hindu, 8-12-2010
“A variety of activities have been organised in the schools as part of properly sensitising the students about this pressing cause,” he said. These included special assemblies, literary contests with ‘plastic-waste' as a theme, contest in producing alternatives for plastic articles and selection of teacher/student coordinators to monitor the MAP activities. Select student/teacher coordinators had been given special training.
An exhibition of alternative products for plastic carry bags and other articles produced by various companies, NGOs and students would be organised at the Jubilee Hall in the city from December 22 to 24.
The Collector said the seven-day annual camp of the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the schools in different panchayats would have ‘plastic-free Kozhikode' as its theme. Government offices, health institutions and business/commercial organisations also would join the drive. All the government offices would be declared plastic-waste-free before December 31. “Health institutions in the district will be declared so by January 5,” the Collector said.
“All the parties have in principle agreed to be part of the initiative,” he said. A meeting of the CPI(M) district leadership was expected to declare support for the drive. They were also considering a proposal to avoid flex and plastic materials for party campaign activities, Dr. Salim said.
Several organisations, including Mata Amrithanandamayi Math and Total Sanitation Mission had sponsored plastic re-cycling units for the campaign. The district was expected to be declared plastic-waste-free in January-end, the Collector added.
Source: The Hindu, 8-12-2010
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