The Kozhikode district administration, in association with Suchitwa Mission, is launching “Collectors@School”, a programme intended to inculcate a culture of sanitation among school children in the district.
T.P.Ramakrishnan, Minister for Labour and Excise, will launch the project at 10 a.m. on October 2 at the Government Higher Secondary School at Karapparamba, as part of the Gandhi Jayanthi week observance.
Waste segregation
The project aims to create awareness on the need to segregate waste before processing and to reduce the creation of waste. The programme will be extended to homes through the studentsso as to support the waste management and processing initiatives of the local bodies. Besides Suchitwa Mission and the Education Department, Haritha Keralam Mission, local bodies, school-level voluntary organisations, scrap dealers, Haritha Karma Sena, Kudumbashree Mission and merchant bodies will be part of the programme at various levels. Mini Material Collection Facilities (MCF) will be set up in schools to collect materials such as PET bottles, hard bottles and milk packets from students.
The National Cadet Corps, Student Police Cadets, National Service Scheme volunteers, Bharat Scouts and Guides in schools will be in charge of the project. The waste will be collected on the first and third Wednesdays of every month. The waste collected at the MCF will be taken over by scrap dealers or the Haritha Karma Sena.
There will be monthly review meetings in connection with the project in which Suchitwa Mission coordinators, Deputy Director of Education, Deputy Director of Panchayat, Regional Director of Urban Affairs, besides officials of the Education Department, school principals, and secretaries of local bodies will take part.
