Wellbeing Out of Waste (WOW)

Objectives:

• Bring awareness among children and people on recycling waste to protect and preserve the environment.
• Inculcate the habit of source segregation of waste among the citizens.
• Maximizing recovery of dry recyclable waste and progressively eliminating recyclable waste reaching the landfill.

Interventions :

• Saved 347.66cubic meters of landfill space.
• 554 MT of CO2 reduced.
• 3230043 KL of water saved.
• 184539 units of energy saved.

Achievements :

• The team has covered around 250schools within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation(GHMC).
• Created awareness to 72196 households in municipalities through students and other volunteers.
• 720 MTs of dry waste collected from the schools.
• Covered 5 municipalities through students and other volunteers in Peerzadiguda, Boduppal, Nizampet, Meerpet and Badangpet municipalities and created awareness to 72196 households in these municipalities.
• Established Dry Recyclable Collection Centre (DRCC) in Peerzadiguda Municipal Corporation.
• Engaged 5,000students in the Har Ghar Tiranga rally held at Peerzadiguda Municipality on the occasion of Republic Day.
• Conducted drawing competitions for school children on World Environment Day at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan followed by a rally.