Dibrugarh district administration organized webinar on zero-waste living

DIBRUGARH: A webinar on 'Zero Waste Living - A better way to live' was organized by the district administration, in collaboration with UNICEF, Assam on Friday as part of the district administration's concept of 'Zero Waste Household' to raise awareness on importance of waste segregation at source, converting biodegradable waste to resources and reducing the volume of waste.

The webinar, which was organized to motivate the people to make more sustainable lifestyle choices and to raise awareness and critical thinking among the people on how day-to-day decisions affect the world and people around us, with special focus on promotion of zero-waste living, was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha. The webinar, moderated by Divisional WASH Consultant UNICEF, Assam, Swetangana Bhuyan, was also attended by Project Officer, UNDP, North East Region, Supriya Khound, Founder, A Green Venture, Kavya Chandra, co-founder, The Bartan Company, Nidarshana Saikia Das and Director, CARE NE Foundation, Dr. Sanjay Gupta as resource persons.

During the webinar, issues such as waste management, reducing environmental pollution, promoting recycling and reuse of both solid and liquid waste, conversion of bio waste into energy and other resources, generating employment for rural poor by offering new opportunities in waste management by adopting cost-effective and environmentally-sound waste water and solid waste treatment technologies were discussed. Basic topics like concept of zero waste living, impact of zero waste living and composting along with creating green indoor spaces within a household, creating opportunities to connect with nature through hands-on lessons in ecology and green spaces, plastic waste management, were also discussed in the webinar.

Zero Waste Household initiative was launched a year back by Dibrugarh district administration in collaboration with the Public Health Engineering department with the aim to reduce the volume of municipal waste and convert it to resources. Currently there are 120 households involved in this initiative and no cost/low cost composting mechanism has been used by these households to convert the biodegradable waste into compost. They also use the compost to develop organic kitchens/ flower gardens (even in rooftops).

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