Joining hands with Clean & Green

Clean and Green is a group of volunteers (http://cleanngreen.blogspot.com/, mailto:cleanandgreen@googlegroups.com) who have conducted very similar campaigns in other parts of the state, and we thought we should join hands with them. The confluence forms a bigger community of volunteers and we also learn from their experiences. Here are some of the notes from our meeting with Roopa from Clean and Green.

Inventory needed

* Workman gloves – 50

* Garbage bags and/or gunny sacks (50)

* Large needle to stitch the gunny sacks

* Weighing scale

* Rakes (10, apart from the ones we can borrow from the Nandi Hills gardeners)

* Trashbins (12 monkey-proof ones)

* Basic first-aid kit.

Garbage segregation

The garbage that we collected should be segregated as follows

* This polythene covers.

* PET (bottles), ice-cream cups, spoons etc.

* Composite (Gutkha wrappers, Lays etc)

* LEAVE THE GLASS BOTTLES ALONE. They can injure people

Tips for volunteers

Please bring enough water. Rehydrate often.

Get a poncho and a cap.

The rains wash up the garbage to hard-to-reach places on the hill face. At least some of us need shoes with good grips. That said, let’s not taking any unwise risks.
Further action items

Please leave a comment if you want to take up one or more of these.

* Arrange for transportation (contact Rakesh Chandra from Oracle)

* Order food (Contact caterer at nandi hills)

* Buy bags, needles and gloves (contact Rakesh Chandra for the gloves and the rakes)

* Speak with KK Plastics to see if they want to consume the plastic that we collect. They use the plastic to strengthen asphalt that’s used on the roads.

* Contact Sandeep Chakravarthy. He can put us in touch with Vinay Luthra from KSTDC and Rajaram (who runs a waste management firm) to discuss some long-term garbage disposal scheme.

* Communicate our plan to the DC, Mr. Subodh Yadav. Discuss if he’s ok with branding on the dustbins.

* Buy paper bags to provide to the shop-keepers at the hill top. Decide the size and numbers (and any branding opportunities for our sponsors).