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Kerala State Pollution Control Board D.O Alappuzha KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD D.O ALAPPUZHA 1.1 INITIATIVES DONE FOR PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT 1.1.1 Pallathuruthy Lake Cleaning and Plastic Waste Collection Campaign Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 31.05.2018 Objective of Conservation of the Vembanad Lake and its banks from the 2 the uncontrolled pollution caused by the plastic or other organic and Programme inorganic wastes generated by the continuous houseboat services. Kerala Houseboat Owners Federation, Suchitwa Mission, Haritha Partnering 3 Kerala Mission, House Boat Owners, and the local people of the Organisations region. More than 60 employees in the houseboat sector participated in the About the cleaning drive in and around the lake with the help of four boats. 96 4 Programme bags of waste were collected weighing more than 1 tonnes and the same was subsequently segregated and handed over for recycling. 1.1.2 Alappuzha Beach Cleaning Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 01.06.2018 Objective of the Protection of Alappuzha Beach and surroundings from plastic 2 Programme waste pollution Partnering NSS volunteers of Sree Budha Engineering College, Haritha 3 Organisations Kerala Mission, and Alappuzha Municipality The officers of the Pollution Control Board, Alappuzha, and more than 50 NSS volunteers of Sri Budha Engineering College About the 4 participated in this program. 350 kg of plastic waste was collected Programme and the same was subsequently segregated and handed over for recycling. 1.1.3 Cleaning of Marari Beach in Association with Resorts & Hotels in the area Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 03.06.2018 Objective of the Protection of Marari Beach and surroundings from plastic waste 2 Programme pollution Partnering Santhari Pearl Resort, Haritha Kerala Mission, and Suchitwa 3 Organisations mission By coordinating all the employees of the resort, the accumulated About the 4 plastic wastes in the beach were cleaned and the collected plastic Programme wastes were segregated and handed over for recycling. 1.1.4 Reduction of Plastic Waste in Vembanad Lake Campaign Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 22.11.2018 Objective of the Conservation of Vembanad Lake from Plastic waste pollution 2 Programme caused by Houseboat sector. ATree, Vembanad lake conservation council, District Partnering 3 Panchayath, Muhamma grama panchayath, ABVHSS Organisations Muhamma, and Kerala houseboat owners federation The plastic waste management campaign was inaugurated by the About the president of district Panchayath. The keynote speech was 4 Programme conducted by Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharmarajan, Senior Fellow, ATree, Banglore. 1.1.5 Plastic Waste Reduction Campaign in association with Kerala Hotels And Restaurants Association Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date Objective of the To promote the concept of reuse of plastic bottles and carry bags 2 Programme and thereby reducing plastic waste pollution in the district. Partnering Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association, Haritha Kerala Mission 3 Organisations and Press club Waste collection bins were provided in almost all hotels and About the 4 restaurants in the district for depositing used plastic bottles, plastic Programme carry bags, etc. This program was inaugurated by District Collector. 1.1.6 Plastic Waste and E-Waste Management in Association with Seafood Exporters Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date Objective of the To promote the reuse of plastic waste and e-waste generated in the seafood 2 Programme industrial sector in the district Partnering 3 Seafood Exporters. Haritha Kerala Mission and Press club Organisations A drive for the collection of plastic and e-waste from residences of About the seafood exporting companies in the district was initiated under the 4 Programme leadership of seafood exporters in Alappuzha District. The program was inaugurated by Hon’ble District Collector. 1.1.7 Scheme for Preventing the Use of Single-Use Plastic Materials in Alappuzha Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 28.09.2019 Objective of Enforcement of ban order on the Use of Single-Use Plastic 2 the Programme Materials in the district. Partnering Haritha Kerala Mission, Major supermarket owners, Suchitwa 3 Organisations mission and Press club For the implementation of this program, a meeting with owners of malls and supermarkets was held at the office of the Pollution About the 4 Control Board on 25.09.2019. After that posters regarding the Programme same were prepared and displayed at major supermarkets in the district. Inspection for Identifying the Use of Banned Plastic in Alappuzha District Total Number of Total Number Total Amount Units Units to Sl.No. Municipality/KSPCB of Units of Fine which fine Inspected Imposed imposed 1 KSPCB 61 3 30,000 2 Alappuzha Municipality 256 7 70,000 3 Cherthala Municipality 800 2 20,000 4 Chengannur Municipality 250 5 50,000 Kayamkulam 300 5 50,000 5 Municipality 6 Harippad Municipality 78 Nil Nil 7 Mavelikkara Municipality 26 1 10,000 Total 1771 23 230,000 1.1.8 Initiatives done for “Swatchatha He Sava” Campaign Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 01.10.2019 and 05.10.2019 To identify and groom young leadership to address and solve different environmental issues. To arrange the grooming section. Objectives of 2 To find out of the box solution to the local issues. the Programme To conduct social audits for checking current condition of different waste treatment facilities implemented in the district. Partnering 3 NCC Unit Of Arts/Engineering Colleges Organisations For implementing the “Swatchatha He Sava” Campaign through About the N.S.S Units of various Arts/ Engineering colleges in Alappuzha 4 Programme district, meetings were conducted on 01.10.2019 and 05.10.2019 at the office of Pollution Control Board, Alappuzha. 1.1.9 Initiatives Done By W & C Hospital For Waste Management Sl.No. Program Details 1 Date 2 Objectives of Implementation of Swatch Bharath Abhiyan in W & C Hospital in the Programme the district Partnering 3 Haritha Kerala Mission and W & C Hospital Alappuzha Organisations 4 About the The hospital surroundings were cleaned as part of Swatch Bharath Programme Abhiyan. .
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