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Significant emphasis was placed on the 4R collected, amounting to a total weight of
principle of PWM – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, 300 kg.
and Recycle plastics as much as possible.
To promote the secondary use of SUPs
Following the awareness programmes, while reducing the consumption of bricks,
people from the villages of Duttapulia, the women and volunteers constructed a
Barbaria and Kushaberia in Ranaghat-II Block boundary wall using the collected plastics.
were encouraged to actively participate in
Plastic bottles were filled with plastic
the plastic collection drive, with a particular
material and sand to increase their
focus on SUPs.
sturdiness, and a cement binder was used
Over a span of four days, with the to form the wall, effectively utilizing the
involvement of 30 dedicated volunteers, plastic waste.
more than 10,800 pieces of plastic were

utcome

During the collection drive, Team A collected 2,500
food packets, 1,900 personal care product packets,

and 300 household product packets, while Team
B collected 3,400 food packets, 2,300 personal

care product packets, and 400 household product
packets. Branded products accounted for 58.13

per cent of the food packets, 68 per cent of the
personal care product packets, and 75.66 per cent

of the household product packets among the total
plastic waste collected.

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