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Thapar Institute Aims for Zero Waste Campus

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By Rediff Money Desk, New Delhi   Aug 23, 2024 15:36

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology is committed to becoming a zero waste campus, eliminating landfill waste through a comprehensive waste management system.
Thapar Institute Aims for Zero Waste Campus
New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) on Friday said it will transform its 250-acre campus into a zero waste ecosystem and no waste will be dumped in landfills.

This 68-year-old engineering education institute located in Patiala (Punjab) has taken the pledge of becoming a zero-waste campus, a statement said.

The institute was generating an estimated 3.5 tons of waste on a regular working day. Since the Zero Waste Team's intervention, about 18 categories of waste have been identified, including biomedical waste, e-waste, battery waste, waste oil, and other waste generated on the campus.

The team, in collaboration with ‘Saahas Zero Waste', has implemented a comprehensive waste management system, transforming its 250-acre campus into a Zero Waste Ecosystem, it stated.
Source: PTI
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