PLOGGING-CUM-SCIENTIFIC WASTE AUDIT AWARENESS DRIVE AT PURI

In a welcoming initiative, aimed to promote learning-oriented, data-driven environmental action for the protection of Odisha's fragile coastline, Eco Walk successfully organised a plogging-cum-scientific waste audit awareness programme at Chakratirtha Beach here, Sunday in collaboration with Junglelore Foundation, Puri; Happiness Foundation, Puri and Eco Warriors Foundation, Ganjam.

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The programme was led and hosted by climate activist Jalendra Mohalik, who emphasised that environmental action must go beyond symbolic cleanup drives, highlighting the importance of learning from waste through scientific analysis to design long-term, evidence-based solutions for marine pollution.

The initiative uniquely integrated plogging with a scientific waste audit methodology. Participants collected waste from a designated stretch of the beach and systematically segregated, documented, and analysed the materials to understand waste composition, sources, and pollution trends impacting the marine ecosystem.