Honeywell Trip : 29 Dec 2007

Here is the usual trip report from the first activity with Honeywell... After the initial discussions with Paramesh and his team a while, this has now come up and successfully completed. Dont have any snaps from this trip ...

Anitha's injury is another thing ...

Clean and Green – Trip to Clean

Date: 29 Dec 2007

Place: Mutthatti

Number of Volunteers : 27 from Honeywell + 3 from C & G

- Trip Briefing:

Anitha joined the group at Banshankri and the Honeywell team with 2 volunteers from C & G were on the way to Mutthatti. Sandeep the other trip co-ordinator had left earlier as he was on a camping trip. Roopa had risen early to deliver the rakes to the Honeywell office,while Rakesh and Anitha had procured 30 pairs of gloves. Food, drinking water in the bus and a team of enthusiastic volunteers were speeding down the highway when a speed breaker taken at high speed levitated Anitha and her head hit the air-conditioning vent above. A cut in the scalp and probably a mild concussion was the result.

After breakfast at Kanakapura the team reached Mutthatti. Sandeep joined the group soon thereafter and after the customary briefing the volunteers were at their task. Lunch break was taken at 1.15 pm in the Forest Dept. premises.As the RFO was not at Mutthatti it took a bit of convincing to allow the guard to allow the team in but the words 'plastic' was understood and the rest was easy.

- Kind of plastic collected:

The usual 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. Volunteers had to go further into the picnic spot to pick up the plastic.The cement bins placed by the last clean up team were hardly used.( Education and supervision required if visitors are to made to use the bins).

- Amount of Plastic collected in volume and weight: 7 sacks weighing 55 kg was collected.

Logistics: The trip planning was done by Honeywell and Clean and Green. All the logistics of the trip was shared. Equipment for the trip was arranged by Clean and Green, transport etc was by Honeywell.

Sponsors: Honeywell sponsored the entire trip and paid for the transport, food and the gloves. Jungle Lodges supported the effort by agreeing to dispose off the waste in their jeep.

-Volunteers in action:

Some pictures.