17TH JULY, 2021

SAY NO TO SINGLE USE PLASTIC

Pragyata Foundation and Santushti Apartments, D-6, Vasant Kunj organised an event titled “Say No To Single Use Plastic”on the theme of plastic waste and segregation, in collaboration with SSIL & ITC WOW, at Santushti Apartments, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Honourable MP Ramesh Bidhuri Ji was the chief guest for the event and DC SDMC Dr. Sonal Swaroop, Neta Sadan/ Chairman DEMS Sh. Inderjeet Sehrawat ji, Pradesh Adhyaksh Mehrauli Sh. Jagmohan Mehlawat ji were also present at the occassion. A drawing and craft competition was conducted for children. All the participants pledged to follow the 3Rs (Recycle, Reuse and Reduce) strictly in their lives. This was a one week program in which ladies and children collected single use plastic at their homes and brought it along with them. To showcase their understanding and awareness children from D-6 and Masoodpur village handed over a tipper full of single use plastic collected by them over a week and created innovative products by single use plastic - handed over as gifts/souvenir to the Honourable guests. SSIL collected and took this plastic to ‘Waste to Energy plant' at Jasola where electricity can be produced using this waste plastic. Children also made handicrafts with waste plastic materials. A lot of ideas were shared on how we can reduce our usage of single use plastic. All the participants & winners were awarded with prizes and certificates. The chief guest and the guests of honour motivated and interacted with the audience and the children, and encouraged them to minimise their plastic usage for the sake of our environment. A beautiful dance performance was also organised at the event.