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Ambuja Cements collects

2500kg plastic waste

mbuja Cements, the behaviour change communication,
cement and building community development, and
material company of the awareness activities to ensure
Adiversified Adani Group, effective waste management
in a major initiative is launching under the Lighthouse Initiative
a project to implement solid (LHI). The project involves
and liquid waste management house-to-house waste collection
practices across 75 Gram and segregation, creation of
Panchayats (GPs) in 15 States. a rag-picker group and the
With the support from establishment of necessary
Ambuja Cements, Vadnagar infrastructure, contributing to
Gram Panchayat, located in the successful management of
Kodinar block of Gir Somnath plastic waste. About 2500kg of
district, Gujarat, has become a plastic waste has been collected
standout example in plastic waste and sent to Ambuja Cements for
management (PWM) under Phase safe disposal. Apart from waste
II of the Swachh Bharat Mission segregation practices, Vadnagar
Grameen (SBM-G). received support from Ambuja
Ambuja Cements supported Cements for infrastructure
Vadnagar by focusing on development. CIJ

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