2,800kg plastic waste turned into public amenities

January 13, 2020

A city-based not-for-profit group has entered the Limca Book of Records for the second year; this time for its efforts on plastic waste management. The group was mentioned in the Limca Book of Records 2019 for its campaign to protect water bodies.

As part of Plastic Recyclothon-Ek Baar Phir, the group, Project Mumbai, collected plastic waste over seven days from 84 housing societies, 48 business establishments, and 23 schools, which cover around 1.25 lakh people. The group then recycled the plastic, around 2,800kg, into public amenities — 40 benches, 50 garbage bins, and 3,500 pencil boxes. The benches will be placed in municipal gardens and on beach fronts, while the garbage bins will be given to housing societies. The pencil boxes will be given to participating school students.

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