NSS Volunteers conducted a survey of 52 households in Benaulim village to understand the waste management practices followed and submitted a report of the same. The volunteers attempted to find out whether the residents segregate their household waste and how they dispose it.
They found out that almost 90% of the residents are segregating their waste. It was learnt that the dry waste is picked up by the panchayat once a week in 3 wards and on a daily basis in 1 ward.
Majority of the residents are managing the wet waste themselves. The vegetable waste is used as manure/fertilizer for plants, non vegetable waste is used to feed pets. The rest are either dumping the waste on the road sides or burning it.
A few residents expressed interest in learning how to compost waste. The students also impressed upon them the need to dispose the waste responsibly.
The activity was a good learning experience for the students.
