WASTE MUST BE FACED!

     Students are well aware of environmental hazards these days. Our education is limited to our examination. A lot of students are unaware of what to do & how to start. So,  Here's a guide for children to go low waste in school.     1.  STOP using use & throw pen. Recycle must be your go 2:  I cannot stress this enough, do not buy use & throw pens. As a student, it is difficult to afford eco-friendly pens. Then choose reusable pens. All you need to buy is refills. Another hack to reduce cost & packaging is to buy in bulk from wholesale markets. Choose products with minimal packaging. You should also choose products with packaging which can be repurposed. Do not forget to carry your bag.    2.  Invest in reusable water bottle & Tiffin box:  Say no to plastic. Refill your bottles whenever necessary. If your canteen serves food in plastic, bring in your tiffin box & request them to serve in it. Say n...

India has around 1.5 million schools. With so many schools, comes waste. Waste generation in any education institution specifically in schools can be divided into 8 categories namely paper, electronic, plastic, furniture, garden, textile, food, and other waste. Considering children spend a major chunk of their time in school, it can be a great platform to inculcate waste management education in them. No, I’m not talking about that one last 10 marks chapter in a science book called “solid waste management.” I literally mean waste management in practice. Some schools have gone zero waste, but practically every school can't be zero waste completely. So what could be done is to stop creating unnecessary waste. “Unnecessary” here means is to reduce those waste which could be either swap with an alternative or need not be produced at all. Waste generation starts at school. Our education system is not designed in a way to question every time a student generates waste.   There are a ...