The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has announced its second wave of a new waste management project designed to involve students, teachers and education communities around Mumbai city in recycling initiatives.
After completing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government, the institute will now be able to implement the second phase of its programme. The memorandum of understanding calls for the TERI to access the state’s vulnerability to global climate change.
The project has been dubbed SEARCH and was previously launched nationwide back in 2009. The main goal of the scheme seeks to create awareness among educational facilities centred around sustainable waste management and productive habits of reusing, reducing and recycling.
TERI has so far identified 40 schools across Mumbai city to participate in the programme and the institute will collaborate with Are You Recycling (RUR) and Stree Mukti Sanghatana, both recycling NGOs based within the country. These NGOs will aim to reach out to other learning facilities and increase waste collections at schools.
The initial phase of the pilot project saw similar programmes instituted in 60 schools throughout Delhi and Bangalore. The programme will continue to focus on environmental education on a broad range and recycling in a more specific arena.
Schools can also voluntarily contact the programme to find out about participation opportunities. Billabong International School in Malad has already seen students engage in a garbage recycling scheme that shows them how to separate dry and wet rubbish. Various coloured bins are used to help students know what waste goes where. Tetra Pak has also partnered with the initiative to provide recycling specific collection centres for its Tetra Pak cartons.
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