Converting Waste Products into Green Environmental Design for Children.
1. Statement of the Problem
In developing countries like Nepal, solid wastes are not managed properly. Plastic bottles
and polyethene bags predominate the solid wastes. Due to weak policy regulation and
lack of awareness among people, people are throwing the waste products everywhere
randomly. We can see the bottles of coke, mineral water and beverages being thrown on
the both sides of highways in Nepal. My district Sindhuli is no more different from this
This phenomenon is deteriorating the beauty of the environment making ugly. That is one
problem while there is another problem regarding monotonous behavior in children.
Parents in lack of sufficient money, can not buy entertainment media so that their
children can play with. Similarly there is not sufficient lands which can be utilized as
play station of children. Thus my project focuses on addressing these two problems from
my own level in my district Sindhuli of Nepal.
2. Earth Charter Principles
This project follows two principles of the Earth Charter International. As it focuses on
conserving integrity of the environment and also focuses on preserving humanity in
developing societies, principles 2 and 1 are followed consequently.
3. Target Groups
The project is multi-dimensional. It first addresses the environemtal problem so that
human need of children for enjoyment can be satisfied. The target groups are also divided
on two categories. One group is that group of people, who are feeling uneasy with the
haphazard throwing of children. The aim is to clear the solid wastes and make roads look
clean for better health of people. Similarly the other is children who are not having access
to sources of entertainment and living monotonously. The objective is to make attractive
shapes like vehicles, animals, hills and others from solid wastes like plastic bottles and
stopper of such bottles.
Figure: Plastic bottles and children.
4. Project Plan
4.a. Purpose
Being a social as well as environmental activist, I am very much concerned about
problems in both sectors. Although my district is very beautiful, but haphazard throwing
of plastic bottles and polyethene bags have added problem making environment ugly.
While in other hand there are many children whose mental condition can be improved by
providing entertainment from artificial shapes of animals, vehicles made from those
wastes, which children can play with. Therefore I want to do this project both for
betterment of the environment and poor children.
4. b Mission:
The short term goals of the project are:
 To make roads clean from solid wastes i.e. plastic bottles, glass bottles,
polyethene bags.
 To collect those objects in Panitanki village in headquarter of Sindhuli district.
 To design shapes of animals and vehicles from those goods and to open those
stuffs for children to play with.
 To make children very active in extra-curricular activities.
4. c
Vision.
The long term goals of the project are:
 To raise awareness about solid waste management in local people of Sindhuli
District.
 To establish a center focusing on waste management, sculpture center and
playing station focusing on children.
 To recycle the wastes and utilize in making such children attracting products.
4.d. Objectives.
The project starts with campaigning about solid waste management for cleaner roads and
beautiful scenes. The campaigning will include all stakeholders of the society i.e. leaders,
general people and academicians. The campaigning for clearing the roads and other places will
be done frequently and will include proper collection of household solid wastages for recycling
process. Similarly it will also involve partnership with I/N /GOs so that they can help us in
proper collection of such wastes.
4. e. Plan of Implementation
My project initiates from December 2nd, 2012. It will almost take 6 months to complete
first phase of the plan i.e. design for poor children attracting from solid wastages. It will
start with help of all stakeholders of societies. It will start simultaneously with campaign
for awareness about wastage management. Local organizations like Peace for
Development, Development, Scholarships for Bright Future and District development
committee of Sindhuli have vowed to help us financially.