Residents launch Wonders with Waste, an initiative to turn leftover flowers and leaves into manure to be used in colony parks
Residents of south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area have found a novel way to get rid of leftover flowers and leaves, which otherwise choke the water bodies in the city or are burnt, leading to air pollution. They have set up a compost cage behind the colony temple to recycle the waste into manure.
The initiative, aptly named Wonders with Waste, has been launched by the residents of Sector-A, pocket B&C, which has around 1,550 houses, in a tie-up with an NGO working in the waste management sector.
"We have tied up with a Bangalore-based NGO that has been working in the field of waste composting and recycling. They guide us on the kind of microbes to be used and the technique to turn the waste into manure," said Amit Aggarwal, a resident and member of the United RWAs Joint Action (URJA). He added that since the bin was placed, a large number of people have come forward to deposit garlands and flowers used in religious and wedding ceremonies.
"Earlier, considering the flowers used in religious ceremonies sacred, people would either dump them in Yamuna or hang them on a tree or simply burn them. All of these activities resulted in some kind of pollution. Now this initiative will set an example for other areas, and maybe for the entire city," said resident Aneesha Jain.
Not only the residents, but authorities at various temples in the area have also started depositing the flowers that they receive in the compost cage. It will take the waste nearly three to four months to turn into manure, which the residents hope to use in the colony parks.
"We have also a put up a banner at the site, informing people about how to use the cage and its benefits for the environment at large. We hope to make it a success in our area and set up a model that can be followed by other localities as well," said Aggarwal.
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