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WEST BENGAL’S SINDRANI GP
REUSES WASTE CREATIVELY
omen of the Astha Self-Help Eight women from the Astha SHG have
Group (SHG) in Sindrani GP of been appointed to work in the solid waste
WNorth 24 Parganas District in West management unit of Sindrani GP, which
Bengal have come up with creative ideas was set up as a part of SBM-G Phase-II.
for reusing waste materials. In the process, Presently, they collect waste from 2,800
they upcycle unwanted materials to create households.
crafts and products with artistic value.
On the occasion of Dol Utsav, a festival of
Waste collection and recycling are a colours that marks the onset of the spring
challenge for any solid waste management season, the women made organic gulal or
unit. While wet or biodegradable waste is powdered colours from dry flowers. They
converted into nutrient-rich compost for also made earrings with PET bottle caps,
use in kitchen gardens or agriculture, non- baskets from milk pouches, eco-bricks to be
biodegradable waste including plastics has used in constructing a boundary wall for the
posed challenges in Sindrani GP. SWM unit, wall hangings, etc.
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