IIM-Indore aims to become zero-waste, single-use plastic-free campus

IIM-I has set up a system in order to collect, segregate and organically degrade food/ kitchen waste in an area of 35,000 square feet after mixing and grinding the waste material in a thrasher.

With an aim to become a zero-waste and a net-zero-energy campus, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore has banned the use of single-use plastic and is processing around 1000 kg of kitchen and dry waste every day inside its campus. According to the official press release, IIM Indore has made the campus ‘a no single-use plastic zone’ replacing single-use plastic items in mess and canteens with wooden forks, spoons and paper plates.

The press note also states that IIM-I has set up a system in order to collect, segregate and organically degrade food/ kitchen waste in an area of 35,000 square feet after mixing and grinding the waste material in a thrasher. The manure processed from the wet waste is used within the campus in an organic garden spread across 5000 sq feet, fruit orchard and vegetable garden. The institute produces fruits, vegetables and herbs in horticulture cell — Sanjeevani, the press note states.

Talking about the clean and green initiative that the b-school has taken, IIM-I director professor Himanshu Rai said, “The institute aims to become a zero-waste campus in near future and has taken every initiative to reduce consumption of electricity and water. We use kitchen waste collected from faculty residences, canteen, hostels and other places inside the campus to manufacture manure on the campus itself. No plastic bottles are being used on the campus and all community members use copper water bottles.”

“Taps in the institute have been reinstalled with special faucets which have helped in reducing water utilization in mess by 50 per cent. Institute also has an efficient rainwater harvesting system on the campus and rooftop solar panels have been installed on the buildings to save electricity,” the professor further added.

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