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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.