![]() A Rapid Fire Round confirmed how much we all know about Solid Waste Management. ![]() The participants were divided into four teams, aptly named- Earth, Air, Water, Fire. Four youth of the NGO, Navjeet, taught us through miming that we need to conserve water before we end up with water wars. The lyrics and visuals reminded us that as stewards of God’s creation we have a responsibility towards it. Michael Jackson’s video Earth gave an emotional start to the evening at the Carmel Convent School Hall. Andrew parish brought in a sense of assurance for the future. They are the ‘new kids on the block’, Alert, Bold, Committed, Determined (ABCD activists). They were around 130 people of all faiths, under the banner of their respective ALMs. However, the Andrean Civic & Political cell organized an ALM Utsav on Gandhi Jayanti day to celebrate love, respect and care for the environment. So, when Gandhi Jayanti came along how can we respect Mother India when our bins are overflowing, shoppers wielding plastic thin bags, trees trimmed on the pavement meant for pedestrians, smelly waste in black garbage bags awaiting their turn to get into the compactor. Then all hell breaks loose with rules, fines, banns, awareness drives until the momentum died down. Reality stuck when one-day people woke up to smog and suffocation as they face the burning truth of Deonar’s dumping ground. You regularly hear people say, “Why is the BMC making a mountain over a mole hill?” While they debate over whose job it is to segregate waste or why they do not get fair deal in spite of paying taxes, the mountain of mixed waste has grown to a gigantic height, nearly the size of an 18-storey skyscraper at Deonar-a landfill created in 1927. ![]() ![]() How often have we heard the terms, ‘Solid Waste Management, Biodegradable (WET) waste, Recyclable (DRY) waste, E Waste, Bio-Medical waste?’ These are common English words, yet there’s a lot of confusion over garbage. So, this is how they are making a change at the ALM level. The Andrean Civic & Political Cell had enough with the flooding in Bandra, poor waste management, and living in toxic air. ![]()
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