R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, MAY 5
To promote sustainable living and create a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations, Walk For Plastic conducted a one-day mass clean-up activity called ‘Payanam 100’, a 100-kilometer Walkathon in Chennai on April 29.
- The event covered seven routes and involved 800 volunteers who collected 2358Kgs of plastics on road.
- The funds procured through this initiative will be used to educate seven deserving children belonging to families working in the waste management chain
- 200 trees will be planted to carbon offset and to raise awareness on carbon emissions: Artist B. Gowtham, founder of Walk For Plastic
இந்த ஆண்டின் நிகழ்வாக சென்னையைச் சுற்றியுள்ள 7 இடங்களிலிருந்து தொடங்கிய 100 கிலோமீட்டர் பயணத்தை இன்று (29.04.2023), சென்னை – CIPET வளாகத்தில் முடித்து, சேகரித்த Plastic கழிவுகளை மறுசுழற்சி செய்து அதன் மூலம் பெறப்பட்ட வருவாயினை 6 தூய்மைப் பணியாளர்களின் குழந்தைகளுக்கு
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The event covered seven routes and involved 800 volunteers who collected 2358Kgs of plastics on road.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniam and MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian have felicitated the volunteers at CIPET, Guindy where the walkathon culminated in the evening.
“The goal of this initiative was to achieve sustainable development, where city residents have gathered together to collect and recycle littered plastic through waste segregation. The event was held from 8 am to 6 pm, and the funds procured through this initiative will be used to educate seven deserving children belonging to families working in the waste management chain. This initiative will help us achieve a balance in our ecosystem by making it cleaner and greener, while also empowering the deserving children,” said Artist B. Gowtham, founder of Walk For Plastic.
200 trees will be planted to carbon offset and to raise awareness on carbon emissions, added Gowtham.
Walk For Plastic is a movement focused on eradicating littering and implementing sustainability, initiated on the 1st of June 2019 by Artist B. Gowtham in Chennai. The movement has since become a global movement, with a mission to create a litter-free world and solve six major issues, including littering, ocean pollution, mindless consumption, destroying natural habitats, and social stigma
