In Episode 21, Season 3 of Brewing Travel shots the host Zinal Doshi is conversing with Garima Poonia Founder of The Kachrewaale Project, a young activist leading the way to make the Andamans plastic waste-free. The Kachrewaale Project is the first waste management project of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first phase of TKP was executed with the aim of initiating source segregation and  finding a way to transport recyclables to the mainland for recycling. waste from a beach cleanup was sent to Port Blair for recycling instead of being buried and burnt in the local landfill,  thanks to the support of local divers and the DSS. In 2019, Garima was  onboarded as a Solid Waste Management Consultant for Andaman and Nicobar  Islands and spent the next two years supporting the government in  various SWM initiatives

Waste segregation is the real challenge, and it is the most important thing to do because resorts are the primary generators of waste. Such a  small island has 42 resorts registered, some of which are big, the kind you would find in cities. Unless resorts segregate their waste, Neil  Island and other tourist islands are going to drown in their own waste,”

The Kachrewaale Project is now in Uttarakhand, conducting a study on waste and its impact in the Kumaon region, in collaboration with Green  Communities Foundation.

There is nothing like ‘away’! When we throw something away, it ends up somewhere. And it stays there, creating problems for our planet.

To Know more about Garima Poonia, you reach her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garima-poonia-545a67203/

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