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“In the process
of development we should not degrade our environment.” |
Solid Waste
Disposal
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)-
It is defined as all solid wastes generated in a community except
industrial and agricultural waste.
Waste from hospitals and nursing homes are required to be collected and
treated separately but they continue to form a part of municipal solid
waste.
Presently, the mixed solid waste in the city is collected, transported
and disposed in open dumping sites. Dumping sites at Golkonda,
Gandamguda an Autonagar in Hyderabad are causing inconvenience and
serious health problems. The impact of this approach is alarming.
Plants, animals and Human population living around dumping sites are
severely affected. Besides degrading the land, generating a foul smell,
the pollutants are leaching into the ground water causing great health
hazards.
Further, the city is expanding into near by rural areas and finding a
dumping site would be impossible which in future, needs a management of
solid waste locally.
The MCH do their bit but we, as a responsible, environmentally conscious
community, must also work to help ourselves.
Zero Garbage
Jubilee Hills Civic Exnora (JHCE) is a non-profit organization
formed in 1998 by a few house wives of the Jubilee Hills area, with the
main objective of collecting domestic garbage from households and to
ensure Zero Garbage.
The proprietors of JHCE, Mrs. Indira Lingam and Mrs. Ratna Reddy
interacted with the students of class 8 D on the safe disposal and
recycling of garbage.
It was an eye opener for the students to know about the zero garbage
scheme. If garbage can be recycled locally, it can save a lot of
valuable and productive land which otherwise turns into an open dumping
site.
It is time for us to volunteer to manage solid waste disposal locally.
So …
THINK GLOBALLY ACT
LOCALLY...
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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When
we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it
with love and respect.”
-Aldo Leopold
“Your waste can
be raw material for another industry.”
(Discussion on solid
waste disposal with Civic Exnora members @ class room)
Civic Exnora - Jubilee Hills
Contact Nos.
Indira Reddy: 23600320
Ratna Reddy: 23545395 |
