My Plastic, My Responsibility: A Campaign with Community to Ensure Plastic Free Environment in Sonbhadra – District Administration Sonbhadra
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Campaign for Plastic-Free Environment
Nomination
- Soil mixed with plastic unfertile land and lessened the soaking water capacity.
- Food or edible products thrown in plastic tempt animals to eat them, which becomes fatal for them.
- Plastics enter drains, ponds, rivers, etc., and jam the drainage system.
- Required behavioral change in public, sellers, and officers regarding using and disposing of single-use plastics.
Achievements
- Awareness campaign about the proper disposal of single-use plastics/plastics in rural areas with gram pradhans, students in Parishadiya schools, etc.
- Installation of plastic bank cages in schools, villages, and public places in rural areas.
- Due to plastic, no domestic or street animal death has been reported in the district from June 2022 to March 2023.
- 39678 kg of plastic waste was collected from 226445 households in rural areas, which has been disposed of in the campaign.
SKOCH Award Nominee
Category: District Development
Sub-Category: secDistrict Development
Project: My Plastic, My Responsibility: A Campaign with Community to Ensure Plastic Free Environment in Sonbhadra
Start Date: 2022-06-06
Organisation: District Administration Sonbhadra
Respondent: Mr Chandra Vijay Singh, District Magistrate
SONBHADRA.NIC.IN
Level: Executive Plus
See Presentation
For more information, please contact:
Mr Chandra Vijay Singh, District Magistrate at dmson@nic.in
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