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20 Dec 2022|Gwalior | Amity University Madhya Pradesh

“Hands-on Workshop on Solid Waste Management” Organized to commemorate National Pollution Control Day

 Department of Environmental Science, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, organized a Hands-on Workshop on Solid Waste Management on 20th  Dec. 2022 from 9:30 AM  to 11: 00 AM in Seminar Hall, Block A to commemorate the  National Pollution Control Day (Under the mandate of the Institute Innovation Council (IIC) an initiative of MOE).In this workshop 120 students of CBCS programmes of EVS, Semester I participated.

 In this workshop faculty members of the department of environmental science gave hands-on training on Solid Waste Management through lectures, videos, and demonstrations.
In the first session, a Demonstration of the storage and disposal of domestic waste was given by Dr. Rwitarbata Mallick. In the second session, there was a demonstration of different techniques and methods for the Management of Organic waste by Prof Dr. Swapnil Rai. 
In the third session, Dr. Abhishek Bhardwaj delivered a lecture on the Handling and Management of Plastic waste and the last session was on the Management of Biomedical waste by Dr. Nidhi Shukla. 
There was good interaction between students and teachers in every session. Through this hands-on workshop on solid waste management, students got a new perspective towards the resources that they use in day-to-day life and became aware of the different methods that should be employed to manage different types of waste for sustainable development. They were made to understand the transformative mantra of the 3 R’s i.e., reuse, reduce and recycle. 
The workshop ended with the concluding remarks and a vote of thanks by Prof. (Dr.) Kuldip Dwivedi, Head Department of Environmental Science