Green Initiatives
The institute has carried out different green initiatives to improve sustainability and eco-friendly environment within the workplace.
Solid Waste Management
The institute has taken initiative for implementing the effective solid waste management system which covers all types of organic waste, inorganic waste and hazardous waste generated in the campus.
Objectives:
- To minimize the waste generation and sensitize stakeholders on suitable waste management.
- To collect, separate and compost organic waste.
- To utilize compost as fertilizer for soil improvement.
Rain Water Harvesting
The institute is situated in a region where water scarcity is a prevailing concern. Therefore to increase the local ground water level and to reduce dependency on surface water, the rain water harvesting system through recharge of rainwater has been installed in the campus.
Objectives:
- To reduce reliance on external water sources and contribute to the conservation of water resources.
- To serve as an educational tool for students, raising awareness about water conservation and sustainable practices.
- To contribute to the replenishment of the ground water level by allowing rainwater to percolate into the ground.
Solar Power Plant
As part of Green Campus Initiatives to make MGICOET a sustainable and environmentally friendly institution MGICOET has installed a 40 kW rooftop power plant.
Description
- Power Plant Capacity – 40 Kw
- Units Generated Per Day – 160 Kwh
- Total No. of Solar Plates – 136
- Capacity of Each Plate – 295 Watts
Ban Plastic
This initiative is aimed to measurably reduce plastic waste and pollution in college campus and the world around us.
- MGICOET have banned use of single-use plastics inside the college premises.
- MGICOET carry out awareness drives and sensitisation workshops on the harmful impacts of single-use plastics.
- Encourage all students to avoid bringing non-bio-degradable plastic items to the college.
- MGICOET encourage students to sensitize their respective households about the harmful effects of plastics and make their households also ‘plastic- free’.
Waste Water Management
MGICOET is located in a rural un-sewered area & has implemented a comprehensive wastewater management system. The college generates three primary types of liquid waste including sewage waste from sanitary blocks, effluents from laboratories, cafeteria and wastewater from the Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) plant.
Tree Plantation
This initiative is aimed to increase count of trees around the campus and thus help to make campus green.
- MGICOET has taken initiative for tree plantation to increase healthy atmosphere around the college campus.
- MGICOET carry out one day awareness drives on the importance of tree plantation and carried tree plantation drive.
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