Tag: waste management

  • Waste Management at Amritavarsham60

    Waste Management at Amritavarsham60

    28 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Volunteers from around the world came together at Amritavarsham60 to help manage the waste from the huge crowds that descended on Amritapuri. Helpers from as far away as the USA, Italy, Finland and France toiled with Amrita University students and locals to sort rubbish and compost food leftovers…

  • Composting the waste, completing the cycle

    Each day thousands of visitors are fed by the ashram. The preparation of food inevitably produces waste peelings. ‘Premix’ is the combination of wet food waste and wood chip. One of many buckets of the day’s ‘premix’ is emptied on to the compost heap, over a layer of elephant dung. Slurry (cow’s urine and manure)…