Noida Temples Get Creative With Floral Waste, Convert It Into Agarbatti & Organic Colours!

The Zero Waste Project serves the dual purpose of saving the city rivers from getting polluted and also improving the standard of living of many destitute women.

Temples in Noida have come up with a new way of handling all the floral waste accumulated on a daily basis- they are recycling it to make incense sticks, compost and organic colours. How cool is that? This project is being executed with the help of NGOs that work with impoverished women and people with mental disabilities. 

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Several hundred kgs of waste flowers collected every day are being recycled by these NGOs as part of the 'Zero Waste Project,' and the idea is to avoid dumping all this waste into water bodies. So, how does this process work? The Horticulture Department of the Noida authority picks up the used flowers from several temples in the city, including the famed Iskcon Temple, and delivers them to the NGOs for recycling.

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The women working with the NGOs have been given adequate training in the entire flower recycling process, and are adept at converting them into organic colours, compost and incense sticks (agarbatti). The best part is that all these products are absolutely eco-friendly and safe for use!

The Zero Waste Project serves the dual purpose of saving the city rivers from getting further polluted and also improving the standard of living of many destitute women. Some of the temples participating in the project include Sai Mandir (Sector 61), Hanuman Mandir (Sector 20), Shani Mandir, Sanatam Dharm Mandir (Sector 19), and Kali Bari Mandir (Sector 26), informed Alok Tandon, CEO and Chairman, Noida Authority. 

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