Innovative experiment by Panjim Municipality
22 Aug
Ganesh Chaturthi is a very popular and widely celebrated festival in Goa. But the environmental impact of this festival can be very high – the immersion of plaster-of-paris idols, lots of flowers and garlands and so on…
The Corporation of the City of Panjim, along with citizens from the city, came up with the idea of conducting an experiment (in progress now) to encourage people to place their garlands and floral offerings in our Leave-it-Pots instead of putting them into the river. Many little details and sensitivities were considered to encourage the use of these pots (which are composters designed by DailyDump) — and here’s how they finally turned out…
The blog Vitamin Green is really cool. Very colourful and informative. Thanks for posting about our initiative along with CCP.
Thanks for all your prompt support on this. The initiative is doing really well. At some places people are even seggregating the non bio and the biodegradable items that go into the NIRMALYA pots. CCP wants to now carry this further and set larger ones at most religious and other public spaces where these are likely to be effectively used. Isn’t that great?
You’re welcome. I think its success is largely due to the detailed planning by your team. One of the principles that we believe is essential for sustainable living.