Here is an opportunity for you to show your respect and homage to the great soul of APJ
ABDUL KALAM.
Infant Jesus church and School, Jogeshwari announces
APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial GREEN HOUSING SOCIETY
ROTATING TROPHY FOR ‘ZERO GARBAGE SOCEITY’
ZERO GARBAGE or WASTE MANAGEMENT is a project which helps to protect the environment by managing the
waste generated by human beings in an efficient way. Efficient handling of waste begins from segregation of waste.
Segregation of waste is simple concept. Every flat/house owner will segregate the waste produced at their homes
into wet and dry (see reverse which is wet and dry waste). Wet waste is handed over to the BMC vehicles (as
usual), and the dry waste is sold to the scrape dealers. The proceeds collected from the dry waste may be used for
the welfare of the housing society workers (or as decided by the Managing Committee).
The housing societies which start the segregation at source will be awarded a rotating trophy in the
presence of a large congregation (example - after the Sunday Mass or during the major school
programmes). Simple rules for this contest will be as follows:
1. When the Managing committee succeeds in educating its residents, they can issue a circular to start the
segregation at their flats/houses. For a sample copy of the circular to be issued to the families, you may visit –
www.stfrancisxavierpanvel.in. Go to the GEM section and click – Appeal letter-Zero Garbage.
2. Once all the residents begin the segregation at source, please fill the entry form at the bottom of this page and
submit in our church office. The Parish Environment Cell (PEC) members will visit your society to verify if your claim
is correct.
3. When the PEC members are convinced about the authenticity of your claim, a date will be mutually decided with
the society reps to award Rotating Trophy.
4. After 3 months of successful completion of segregation by all the flat owners, the PEC members will visit your
society again to see if you are continuing with the project. If yes, a date and venue will be mutually fixed to give
away the token cash prize. (NGOs/corporate can come forward to sponsor this prize as a part of their Corporate
Social Responsibility-CSR).
5. The first housing society who succeeds and submits their ZERO GARBAGE CONTEST ENTRY FORM at our
office will get a bonus token cash prize (double), besides the Rotating Trophy.
6. The trophy will be rotated to the housing societies who succeed subsequently (and inform our office). Procedure
mentioned in no. 3 above will be repeated each time.
7. Please note – you have to do only segregation. If you go a step further by doing composting, bio-gas etc and
prevent even the wet waste going to the dumping grounds, your society will get further appreciation.
8. For practical purpose, this contest is open only to the housing societies of Jogeshwari parish.
9. For further details on ,’ why zero garbage’, which is wet and dry waste etc. see overleaf.
10. When all the families of your society succeed in segregating the waste, please submit the ZERO GARBAGE
CONTEST FORM which is at the bottom of page 2 (see reverse)
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WHY ZERO GARBAGE PROJECT AT ALL?
The dumping grounds of garbage are fast depleting.
Lot of scarce land is used to dump the garbage.
Crores of tax payers’ money is used to transport the garbage to the dumping grounds.
The improper processing of garbage at the dumping grounds creates a number of health hazards to the
neighbouring residents.
The garbage thrown on the roadside, especially plastic causes floods in the rainy season.
The stray dogs survive from the food from the roadside garbage, and creates lot of menace.
Mishandled garbage becomes breeding ground for mosquitoes which causes diseases like Dengue and
Malaria.
The garbage thrown on the roadside, especially plastic causes floods in the rainy season.
The unhygienic handling of the garbage at the housing societies are injurious to the health of the society
sweepers/workers.
Finally the wealth from waste (wet garbage) which could have produced valuable manure is lost forever.
 Following classification of wet and dry waste is just an example to help you
1. DRY GARBAGE
Plastics, Metal
Coconut shell
Thermacol,
Foam, Rexene
Battery cells,
Paper,
Cloth
Rubber, Bulbs….etc etc
2. WET GARBAGE
Vegetable waste,
Food waste
Garden waste
Wood pieces
Hair/nails,
Egg shells, Bones
flesh
Used cotton…etc etc
Note
To know more on ZERO GARBAGE, you may visit the website –www.stfrancisxavierpanvel.in. Go to
GEM section and download/read PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) NO. 6 – ZERO GARBAGE. This PPT
can also be used to educate your residents or other groups on the importance of waste
management.
Pope Francis says, “the earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an
immense pile of filth” – courtesy - internet
As residents of this home, can we give a start to clean our home at least by segregating
the garage produced by us.
When your housing society succeeds in this (segregation at source), please fill the
following ZERO GARBAGE CONTEST FORM and submit in our church office.
------------------------------------------------------- cut here and submit in the church office----------------------------------------ZERO GARBAGE CONTEST FORM, Infant Jesus church, Jogeshwari.
Dear Fr,
All the residents (flats) of our society have started the segregation of waste. The details are as below:
Society name and brief address:________________________________________________________________
Number of flats/houses_________________ segregation started from (date)_____________________________
Contact Person name_________________________________________ Mobile__________________________
Entry submitted by _________________________ Mobile_____________ sign ______________ date: ________