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Waste Management
Government College Madappally takes great pride in being a Green campus.
Hence, efficient waste management becomes an essential part in the functioning of
this college. A clean and green campus is what we envision for our students. In the
current scenario where heaps of garbage is enveloping our surroundings and our
life, causing serious health issues, and jeopardizing the equilibrium of the
environment we take extra effort to maintain the distinctive quality of eco-friendly
ambience and green culture of our campus. Some of the measures taken to manage
the waste are given below.
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The college has been declared a
Litter Free Campus in 2013. The students make good use of the wastebins and
dispose the waste following the protocol.
A. Solid Waste Management
Government College Madappally has minimized the use of paper for official
communications and is heading towards a paper free campus by adopting a strict
protocol of conducting official work through e-communication. The admission
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process, fee collection and official transactions are being done online, minimising the
harmful impact on the environment.
Event publicity is done mainly using banners made of clothes and degradable
materials like chart papers. Besides, the use of digital slides is encouraged for the
exhibitions of various functions.
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Wormery is set up in the college and maintained properly, where the food
wastes are made in to compost by rearing earth worms. The compost prepared of
food waste is used to fertilize the organic farm maintained by the NSS units of the
college.
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The non-biodegradable waste segregated by the students are cleaned and handed
over to recycling plants through Kudumbhasree units. The use of polythene bags is
strictly prohibited inside campus premises.
The college has functioning incinerators for disposing sanitary napkins.
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Separate waste bins for bio-degradable and no-biodegradable waste
materials are placed inside the campus.
Waste Segregation Tank infront of Academic Block III
B. Liquid Waste Management
Water from the wash areas are diverted and utilized for gardening purposes.The
toilets are properly connected to sewage system which empty into separate tanks
which are regularly cleared and maintained.
C. E-waste Management
The hardware of computers are regularly repaired and utilized.
The operators of e-devices are given training about their proper use and
maintenance so that they can last long.
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Every effort is made to keep e-waste to a minimum by using reusable parts in
other systems. Printer cartridges are reused and the materials which cannot be
reused are returned to the company personnel.
E-waste generation is minimised by purchasing and installing quality equipment
which is durable.
The college sees to it that only required quantity e-materials are purchased in
order to keep e-waste in check.