Berhampur: Bringing laurels to the State, ITI Berhampur has bagged the prestigious ‘Recycling for Greener Tomorrow Award-2021’ for its innovative works of recycling of scrap by managing waste beyond skill development.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Environment Forest & Climate Change, Government of India has highly appreciated the work done by the institute.
Dr Rajat Kumar Panigrahy Principal, ITI Berhampur said that the recycling method is highly sustainable as throughout the year as scraps are generated and available locally.
By addition of skill through training practices only we can up cycle the scraps. No additional infrastructure required and no additional investment is required. The scrap sculptures can be sold in the market with a good price. This will meet the huge need of interior decorator industry, he said.
This innovation was awarded by the Odisha Government as Successful Innovative Proven Project in 2019.
The method of imparting skill through waste management is innovative. The work is accepted in the national level and published in the chapter “Upcycling of Scraps from Technical Institutes: A Case Study—Govt. Industrial Training Institute Berhampur” in the book Waste Management as Economic Industry towards Circular Economy, by Springer Nature Singapore pte Ltd.
The general public, school children are highly educated and being aware on waste management to reuse the waste. Particularly the institute trainees will be warrior of the planet to lead sustainability.
The elephant sculpture park and tiger Sculpture Park make a very good social message to protect the wild animals.
The institute collects the scraps like automobile scraps, metal acrap, E-waste, plastic waste, iron bars from demolished building and turn them into a High Valued Scrap sculpture through various engineering process.
The institute has made more than 30 beautiful sculptures from 6ft to 32ft and installed them in the Scrap Sculpture Park, which is one of the largest scrap sculpture parks in Asia and has been featured in the Asia Book Of Record.
The scrap sculptures developed are in the range of 6 (inch) to 72 (feet).