Waste to Wealth: A Dakshin Dinajpur Story – Dakshin Dinajpur Zilla Parishad

Waste to Wealth: A Dakshin Dinajpur Story

Plastic pollution, especially single-use bottles, creates large volumes of unmanaged waste.
High environmental risks due to open dumping, landfill overflows, and burning of plastic waste.
Rising public health concerns from toxic emissions, soil degradation, and mosquito-breeding waste sites.
Municipalities are overburdened with plastic waste and lack sustainable disposal models.
Need for cost-effective, durable materials for road construction.

Installed plastic bottle collection and shredding machines at key locations (hospitals, offices, markets).
An incentive-based model encouraging citizens to deposit used plastic bottles.
Collected bottles are shredded and reused for constructing durable, eco-friendly roads.
Introduced awareness campaigns and training sessions for community engagement.
Public–private partnerships established for machine procurement, recycling, and road construction.

Significant reduction in single-use plastic waste across Dakshin Dinajpur.
Plastic-integrated roads are created, reducing road maintenance costs and improving durability.
High public participation due to an incentive-based collection system.
Established a scalable circular economy model combining waste management with infrastructure development.
Replication interest from districts including Paschim Bardhaman, Siliguri, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Koderma, and East Kameng.