Driven by passion to save mother earth

Does the future look bleak for a safer environment? The ruthless attack on mother earth by human beings who indiscriminately swallow up its resources has already cast a debilitating effect on our surroundings. Global warming is not an abstract proposition anymore; its effects are being felt by us day in and day out.

Driven by the urge to save mother earth from further deterioration, the students of St Francis College under the ‘Green revolution programme’ launched a campaign on e-waste recycling.The campaign is aimed at spreading awareness on reducing, reusing, recycling and refurbishing electronic items.

The students formed a team with members Sneha Kedia (climate counselor), Ashna Mehta, Mounica Yanamadala, Monika B, Bhatraju Madhuvani and Kritthika Gonella under the guidance of Saritha (head faculty of Prakriti club at St Francis). Two boxes were kept by them in the college premises for collecting e-waste.

"The e-waste collection till now is successful and the volunteers are working very hard to achieve good results in this campaign," said Saritha. After proper collection, the volunteers hand over the e-waste to the Earth Sense Organisation for recycling it.

The organisation follows these steps: collection, transportation, segregation, dismantling and recycling and recovers up to 98 per cent of recyclable products, while the remaining hazardous waste is disposed off through TSDF(Toxic Substance Disposal Facility).

"Adhering to the policy of environment protection, the Earth Sense Organisation has been an active body in recycling ample amount of e-waste," said Mounica, a green revolution programme member.

The students also encourage the selling of recyclable gadgets through an online platform known as Atterobay. "Having a craze for gadgets, youngsters are changing their gadgets and disposing off their old ones often.

Hence e-waste collection is becoming easy," said a volunteer supporting e-waste recycling. Students also prepared nearly 2,000 bookmarkers and distributed them to the other students and teachers, explaining the concept of e-waste recycling.

The volunteers are striving to make the campaign successful and would be adopting more techniques to spread their message. “As we took our first step towards a better environment,

we have decided to take it ahead with puppet shows, awareness drives and implement it at a deeper level to fight against climate change,” said Sneha, the climate counselor of the programme.

By:Aparajitha Bukkapatanam