Muththati Trip 1st Dec 2007 – One to remember for a long long time

Number of volunteers participated: 17 Volunteers

Plastics collected: 34 sacks

Trip Briefing : Departed from Indiranagar Park, Opposite to KFC at around 6:45 AM in a 20 - seater swaraj Mazda making pit stops in between to pick up a totally new gang of volunteers expect some of them and headed towards our mission.

We started off the fun by playing anthakshari but later people were about to sleep hearing some people sing so we shifted to dumb charades. That was fun, not very tough as most of them guessed the movie even before it was enacted fully. Meanwhile we reached Kanakapura for the much awaited breakfast at our famous hotel – Rathna Upahar.

After a nice breakfast, we left for Muththati, stopping in between to purchase “Cement Bins”, arranged separate transportation for the bins. We reached Muththati around 10:45AM. We 17 volunteer gang breaking into groups swung into action immediately after a brief by Roopa on what to collect etc.

Before we could see, there were plenty of sacks collected and still going on with full energy while talking short breaks. In between the cleaning, volunteers got involved in placing the “Cement Bins” at the appropriate places and inaugurating them too.

Also volunteers spoke to couple of visitors (the number of visitors was less as it was a Saturday I feel) on what we do and how they can help protect the environment. They understood the problem and said they would not litter and would use the cement bins for the waste.

Finally, after 2 ½ hours of working, we decided to end the cleaning as the weather was at its extreme peak and also all of us were tired and hungry. Volunteers completed by stuffing in the plastics into sacks and stitching them making a total of 34 sacks by 17 volunteers.

We then headed towards Jungle Lodges and Resorts for the much awaited lunch. Some of them relaxed by enjoying the nature on the banks of River Cauvery and some went on a walk which had no end point and had to come back as there were people waiting for them to get back to Bangalore.

Overall, it was a great, fun-filled trip in terms of cleaning, setting up Bins as well meeting different kind of like-minded people who like to contribute for such a noble cause.

Kinds of Plastic Collected: Bottles of Water, and other beverages Ghutka Wrappers and other variants of it, plastic cups, plates, food content wrappers, soft drink bottles, soft drink cups.

Amount of Plastic collected in volume : 34 sacks – the plastic this time was not weighed.

Logistics: Clean and Green took care of the Logistics arrangements viz, Transportation, equipment for cleaning.

Noteably : All the volunteers together made arrangements for the procurement of the cement bins and the transportation of the same from Kanakapura to Mutthathi.

Supported by: Jungle Lodges and Resorts for transportation of the plastic collected for re-cycling and for permitting the volunteers to use their wash room facilities. Jungle Lodges and Resorts also provided lunch for all the volunteers, along with permission for the volunteers to enjoy nature from their premises. Forest Dept represented by the RFO’s staff during the clean up in deciding the placement of the Cement Bins.

Expenses :

Trip Cost :

Transport: Rs. 3200

Breakfast: Rs. 337

Total: Rs. 3537

Per person: Rs. 210

Cement Bins:

4 Bins: Rs. 1000 ( Each Rs. 250)

Transportation: Rs. 500

Per person: Rs. 90