School kids to be educated about waste segregation

Nitish Sharma

Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 29

To instill the habit of waste segregation among residents and reduce the household waste under the limits of Ambala City Municipal Corporation, the corporation has decided to educate schoolchildren about the importance of waste segregation.

The children will be asked to motivate their families to start segregating waste at the source level. Besides educating the school staff and students, the corporation will also issue ratings to private and government schools for their performances in waste segregation and composting.

According to corporation official, nearly 140 to 160 tonnes of waste is generated in a day under the limits of Ambala Municipal Corporation. The waste segregation will not only reduce the total amount of waste that goes for waste management but also reduce the amount of waste generated by households.

The MC official said children and teachers will be motivated to use different bins for dry and wet waste, and start composting.

Dhirendra Khadgata, Commissioner, Ambala City Municipal Corporation, said “School children are the future of the nation. To instill the habit of waste segregation, the corporation has decided to educate and motivate school students. Not only the students but we will also train the school teachers and give ratings to the schools for composting and segregation being done them. There will be competitions as well. The schools will be inspected every week and after three months, the rating will be issued. Not only the schools but we will also educate all stakeholders in a holistic manner. After schools, we will cover hospitals, resident welfare societies, and business establishments and they will also be issued ratings.”

“Different NGOs, Saksham Yuva, and master trainers of the Ambala Municipal Corporation will work in this project under the Swachh Bharat Mission. A workshop on the ‘Role of educational institutions in waste management’ was held with the school representatives on Thursday and we have got a good response. Some school principals who have already been doing composting at their home will also join the corporation as volunteers in this project starting from November 1”, he added.