Zero Waste clean-up cum awareness drive at SGC Tadong

GANGTOK, 29 May: “Zero Waste Clean-up cum Awareness Drive” was organized at the Sikkim Government College, Tadong by the Zero Waste Himalaya Group Sikkim along with Zero Waste Volunteers from the College.
A press release informs that the event aimed at creating awareness and sensitization among the students and staff on having a proper and responsible waste management mechanism set up within the college.
Despite the inclement weather with continuous drizzle and most of the classes being suspended due to their upcoming semester exams, the programme was attendedby a good number of enthused volunteers from the college, the release informs.
The programme started with a campus cleaning session wherein the Zero Waste Youth Volunteers participatedactively. After almost three hours of intensive cleaning, the group was able to gather two sacks full of pet bottles; two sacks of plastics; one sack full of tetra packs and two sacks of paper (wet and dry separately).
Thereafter, posters were set up in front of the main office along with the sacks full of garbage for display. The posters carried strong messages on waste segregation and its value, on stopping littering within the campus, the do’s and don’ts in the campus, on responsible consumerism, resource management, etc.and were meant to carry the message of responsible waste management to all the students and staff of the college.
It is hoped that this first step would be the beginning of a series of activities in the campus by the Zero Waste Volunteers that would ultimately lead to the transformation of the Sikkim Government College, Tadonginto a Zero Waste Campus, the release adds.