Door-to-Door Awareness at Sarita Vihar

CHANGE BEGINS WITH YOU

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

– Leo Tolstoy

Everyone has an opinion on what is wrong with the world, yet few will do the work to improve their own lives. It's very easy to pass the baggage but it's very difficult to accept our own flaws. Minimizing our individual flaws... that's what the residents at Sarita Vihar are working on.

It's been two months since we initiated waste management awareness in Sarita Vihar. And even after that we have been conducting door to door awareness on waste segregation. More than 300 houses have been covered so far and the response from residents is quite positive! Some already segregate and some are even composting their kitchen waste. Not just the residents, waste pickers are also collecting dry waste and wet waste separately.

With the inauguration of biogas plant in vicinity, we aim to maximize the supply of segregated organic waste to the facility. It's good to see that the change has begun but we require more support.

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