Waste Management Workshop at Bal Bharati Public School

The best teacher is very interactive.
- Bill Gates

And we could feel so with our extremely interactive session with the teachers of BBPS Pusa Road. Kudos to BBPS for trying to adopt all possible environmental practices in the school under a programme named ‘HAMARI BAGHIYA’. It’s under this programme that they are doing segregation of waste and will soon begin composting of their food/ organic waste within their own premises. For this, they needed guidance and thus we conducted a waste management workshop for them this morning.

We are extremely grateful to the 25+ members audience comprising of teachers and sweepers who were extremely warm and showered us with a lot of love and affection. We discussed various aspects of waste management, ways in which waste can be segregated as well as utilized, including their garden waste. We also discussed the kind of composting setup that would be best suited for them. We also talked about the concept of 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and how can it be incorporated in our lives to reduce our garbage and carbon footprint.

The teachers were very enthusiastic and asked many important questions. They also shared a lot of information with us. We are thankful to the headmistress Ms. Sunita Gehani for sparing her precious time to attend the workshop. We also thank all BBPS teachers for their environmental-consciousness to guide children in the right direction.

Would you like us to conduct a similar workshop in your organization or neighbourhood? Do let us know in the comments or DM us.

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