Plastic-free in just 15 days with the ‘give plastic, take gold’ scheme

Remote village in Anantnag, Kashmir made plastic-free in 15 days.

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Sadiwara is a far-flung village in Kashmir that came up with the idea of a plastic-free village

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People of Sadiwara of Kashmir made a move and worked towards making the village plastic free

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Sarpanch of Sadiwara announced that gold will be given in exchange for plastic

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20 quintals of plastic will earn the villager one gold coin

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The reward announcement got the villagers excited

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Plastic waste from every corner of the village is collected and brought to the panchayat

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Sadiwara water bodies that were once filled with plastic waste are onow free of plastic

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