Safai bank is a new venture that helps reduce pollution in our environment. They visit schools and teach children on how to reduce pollution by requesting kids to get wrappers of biscuits, chocolates, chips, ice creams etc. These are collected and are picked up by a cement company who mix these wrappers into the cement kiln. This mixture is very durable and long lasting and is then used for making roads and footpaths. The school or organisation that has help collect maximum wrappers and helped the environment gets an award and certificate.
The above has led to kids competing and making special efforts in collecting wrappers which would otherwise have been burnt by rag pickers on the street since it does not gain any benefit to them. This burning of wrappers increases the carbon dioxide adds to air pollution.
Social activist Mili Shetty who takes up various such initiatives in the area says, “The venture is targeted at schools since kids eat a lot of junk food with wrappers.
While the initiative was started with St Mary’s school, the plan is to begin in all schools around Kandivli.”
Article Source: Times of India