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SAWAI MADHOPUR RAISES
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
THROUGH INNOVATION
r. Chandramohan Pareek, a resident waste. He was also aware that disposable
of Bhedola GP in Sawai Madhopur SUP water bottles often end up in landfills
MDistrict, Rajasthan took a proactive or water bodies, posing a threat to various
step towards promoting environmental species and polluting the ecosystem.
awareness by utilizing wasted plastic bottles
To raise awareness on the importance of
to provide shade for his shop.
PWM and promote its 4R principle – Reduce,
Mr. Pareek was well-informed about the Refuse, Reuse and Recycle – Mr. Pareek
detrimental impact of plastics on the first collected all the empty plastic bottles
environment and the contribution of plastic in his neighbourhood. He then creatively
bottles to the daily generation of plastic repurposed them to create a protective
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