TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF? - IX

 

(Gratefully acknowledge the concerted effort of Smt. Sharmila Sen, Smt. Bharti Gupta and, Ms. Joshika Gupta.)

This YouTube Video of the table lamp must have instantly made you  guess what it is made of. 

Are you amazed by this bizarrely exquisite aquarium and coral reef like table lamp? Do you know what it is made of? Here is a hint to help you guess:

True, the lamp is made of:

1. Empty Pet bottle of Sprite.
2. Thermocol sheet used in packaging
3. Aluminum foil paper
4. Deccan Herald newspaper pulp
5. Two empty plastic bottles of mouth-freshener
6. Bulb holder
7. A rechargeable bulb
8. Electric wire
9. Electric plug

The tools used for making it:

1. Fevicol
2. Cellophane tape
3. Pair of Scissors
4. Paper knife
5. Vinegar 
6. Salt
7. Pliers
8. Electric tester
9. Screwdriver
10. Corn flour, vinegar and glycerin to make bio-plastic
11. Spatula
12. metal container
13. Ceramic Powder
14. Oil Paint
15. Paint brush
16. Oil paint thinner

Are you interested in viewing more photographs and videos of this unusual table lamp?  Here they are! https://photos.app.goo.gl/WkgnhMXtj8uw6DHr5

The purpose of creating objects out of waste materials, especially plastic and such material waste that are hazardous to the environment as they are not bio-degradable eventually pollute land, water and air alike. We are responsible for phasing out the use of such hazardous materials that affect the Earth's environment as well as its ecological balance.

Thank you for watching it. Do post a comment. 

GUESS WHAT AM I & WHAT AM I MADE OF-VIII?!

(Gratefully acknowledge the concerted effort of Smt. Sharmila Sen, Smt. Bharti Gupta and, Ms. Joshika Gupta.)
Did this picture collage help you guess what I am? No?
Then check on this:

Oh yes! I am a utensil cabinet! Now, can you guess what am I made of? Okay, I shall give you a hint. I am made of waste materials. Does that help? No? Then this might help:

Base and the top cover are of shaved and cut strips of mango wood.

The base on the wooden stand is made of four layers of cloth and, cardboard sheet. A Circle is cut in the centre of the base to embed an old discarded steel stand of a defunct oven to help drain out water from the washed utensils placed in the cabinet.

Four layers of thick cardboard sheets,  few thermocol sheets and, cloth were glued together with the Fevicol Adhesive.  The cabinet's corners were reinforced with aluminium sheets of Schweppes' soft drink cans.

The door of the cabinet has no hinges.

Both inside and outside walls are covered with a layer of empty plastic milk sachets.

Chopped and shaved strips of mango wood used to reinforce the top of the cabinet.

You may wonder why the top of the utensil cabinet has a wooden wire-meshed frame cover? Why plastic-covered stips of cardboard are used to cover it? Here's a simple answer. We can easily keep large utensils in the cabinet through its top opening. The cardboard sheet cover keeps the cabinet dust free.
There is a small steel spoon holder connected to the wall of the cabinet.
What are the advantages of this cabinet?

1. It is lightweight and can be moved around with ease.
2. We have creatively transformed waste materials into something useful.
3. We can easily dismantle and reassemble: its base, top, and walls.
4. It is not hazardous for children.
5. It is economical.
6. It is sturdy
7. It can also become a wall cabinet

You may be able to add a few more advantages on viewing and reading about this piece of innovation.

What is it made of?

Here is the exhaustive list you may be interested in:

1. Empty cardboard boxes.
2. Discarded pieces of clothes
3. plastic sheets used for packaging
4. Empty milk sachets (of plastic)
5. Thermocol sheets
6. Packaging adhesive tape
7. Shaved and cut strips of mango wood 
8. Fevicol Adhesive
9. 2 inches long iron nails
10. 2 steel latches for the door.
11. metal wire mesh 
12. Aluminium cans of Schweppes 
13. Glue stick of glue gun
14. Oil Paint 
15. Oil Paint Thinner
16. 1-inch iron nail
17. Metal wire 1/2-inch thick
18. Old newspaper sheets
19. Steel spoon and fork holder
20. Water
21. Soap

The Tools Used:

1. Scissors
2. Screwdriver
3. Wirecutter
4. Measuring tape
5. Paintbrush
6. knife
7. Hammer
8. Marker pens
9. Spatula
10. mixing bowl
11. torchlight
12. pencil
13. eraser
14. paper knife
15. glue gun
16. Duster
17. Rag pieces
18. palette
19. Compass-geometry box
20. match sticks and candle

You may be keen on viewing a few more images of the utensil cabinet: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GfJVSEEHstL2PcqW8

Do generously write your impression, views, opinion, and suggestions in the comment section of the blog post.
We began making this from the first week of November and completed it on December 30, 2019.
We are responsible to keep the Earth free from garbage, especially plastic waste and pollution. 

Thank you for the time and effort you invested in reading this blog post!

IS CLEANLINESS NEXT TO GODLINESS?

#beyourself #beyourownvoice #appliedempathy #sustainableenvironment #healthyhabits #wastemanagement #garbagemanagementtocontrolpandemic #MissionGarbageManagementToCheckCORONAPandemic  #OperationSanitationToControlCORONAPandemic #empathy #love #respect #trust  #sustainability 

This animated photo collage has photographs of garbage dumped by the side of Bachi Raichur Highway by the inhabitants of habitations near S.C. Motors, Kudachi, Nilaji, Mutaga, Sambra, Balekundri, Panth Balekundri, Honnihal, Basava Colony and, Panth Nagar.

I photographed them on March 26, 2020, when my cousin and I drove from Panth Nagar to S.C. Motors-Airport Road Area to purchase groceries and medicines. This area is part of Belgaum Rural.  Two police personnel patrolling the area on their bike asked me, "Ma'am, what are you taking photographs of" I replied "Sir, I am photographing the garbage dump and mound beside the habitations and the highway." They immediately replied, "It is not our responsibility; Panchayat is responsible for cleaning the garbage dumps. Our duty is to follow the Lock-down." I smiled, "Sir, I am not accusing or complaining about anyone. All of us are responsible for keeping our habitation and surrounding clean. We are responsible for sanitation and clean environment for our health, and happiness. If Panchayat fails in its responsibility, then we also fail, for they represent us, the people. It is our, the people-the inhabitants', duty to enable the Panchayat to fulfill their responsibilities. I am going to share these photographs so the administration can solve this problem and maintain sanitation of the habitations in Belgaum Rural to check the spread of bacterial and viral disease." With a sigh of relief they said, "Do share the photographs Ma'am. Let us do it." They smiled along with me and rode  off to patrol the area: 

 At present Government of India along with States and their units of Local Self Governance viz. Zilla Parishad, Talukas(Tehsils) and Local Panchayats with the help of the police force are taking precautionary measures viz. "Social Distancing, Self Isolation, Quarantine" to control the spread of the Corona(COVID-19) virus. They have to ensure clean and sanitized environment in every habitation as an integral part of their effort to check the spread of COVID-19 virus.

The photographs in the animated collage, make me wonder how mere lock-down can control the virus with the mounds and piles of garbage and waste dumps right beside the habitations. In Panth Nagar, the inhabitants walk across and dump plastic carry bags full of garbage and household waste in the trench dug up beside the highway. The trench is a semblance of a drain that was hurriedly dug up before the Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha elections.   

A sad fact, most of these garbage dumps are near schools and educational institutions, where the children, the future generation educate to become wise, empathetic and, responsible individuals before training for any vocation or profession. Ironically, the students are more focused on successfully clearing the exams with high grades and impressive percentage marks. Somewhere, both the educational institutions and, the parents/guardians are responsible for not fulfilling their responsibilities towards their wards, their children. Before the festival of colors, Holi a group of children visited every house in the area collecting money for the Holi celebration. The same organizers can ask the children to visit every home to collect money for the welfare of animals in the area. Spaying and vaccinating the dogs and cats, who directly and indirectly safeguard the place. The organizers can also ask the children to visit every household to make them aware of healthy habits for health and sanitation

Few prominent educational institutions located on the highway are: Poddar International School; Lengade College of Engineering and Polytechnic; a secondary and high school in Mutaga; Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) in Sambra; Janata College in Balekundri next to Sambra Air Force Station; Madarsa in Honnihal-Balekundri; Nirmal Nagar School in Nirmal Nagar; and many private primary and middle schools function in this area.

"Is cleanliness really next to Godliness?" is a question I ask myself ever since the family shifted from Bangalore to Panth Nagar in Belgaum Rural*. Every time I travel from Panth Nagar to Belgaum city and back, I ask myself the same question.
The arch in the photograph highlights the reason why the vehicle riders and drivers should drive carefully. It was set up in 2017. Just beside its pillar is garbage piled up as a proof of habitations much more than the arch proclaims. "Follow Traffic Rules" becomes a farce when we see the agriculture land on both sides of the highway has been indiscriminately converted into Non-Agriculture Lands. Houses, restaurants,  commercial buildings, and complexes have mushroomed on these once lush green crop fields.
Since 2011-12, most of the farmers have sold their farmland due to erratic monsoon pattern. The realtors who purchased the lands from the farmers converted them into residential plots and sold them to the people at a bargain price, enticing them with the prospect the land's value will increase for its proximity to Belgaum city, National and state highway and, above all, the Sambra-Belgaum Airport. They easily lured the buyers into buying the residential plots, who, unfortunately, ignored the absence of proper infrastructure and amenities needed for "Healthy, Happy, and Harmonious Life." This area is part of Belgaum Rural* and is not under the purview of Belgaum Municipal Corporation. Local Self Governance in the form of Taluka and Gram Panchayats have ignored the norms they, the local panchayats and the habitations have to abide by in providing the inhabitants with basic infrastructure and amenities viz. well-constructed roads, bridges, culverts; uninterrupted electric supply and water supply; and, above all, sanitation through the effective drainage system and implementation as well as proper garbage and waste collection & management.
In 2019, as an inhabitant of Panth Nagar, that is under the jurisdiction of Balekundri (not update data) Gram Panchayat, thrice we submitted written application to the Panchayat for the basic infrastructure and amenities:

Before the 2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections, most of the roads in Panth Nagar were constructed and the work came to a grinding halt during the elections, even though the 2019 General Elections are passe, the work is yet to be completed.
In 2019, while waiting for the local Panchayat to respond and work upon our request, I doodled a few of these caricatures with the heading: IRRATIONALLY RATIONAL" in my effort to narrate and give the viewers a glimpse of life in Panth Nagar, Belgaum Rural. The photographs exhibit the ground reality:

In 2019, we even used the Government of India's Swachhata-MoHUA App to log a complaint about the garbage dumps in Sambra near State Bank of India. According to an official from Pollution Control Board of India, Belgaum, Belgaum City Municipal Corporation is responsible for Sambra Airport and Airforce Station. Though the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India has developed this App, we were able to post a complaint even for garbage dumped beside the highway next to Janata College in Balekundri, and Spinning Mill area near Basava Colony and, Panth Nagar. Result? "NIL". No one removed the garbage dumps, nor did they implement and regularize any system for garbage management.
We had posted these photographs in MoHUA App along with the complaint:

 The inhabitants in these areas burn the garbage dump to clear the place and continue dumping garbage there. It is evident in the following photo animation of Google Map along with Google Earth images, and photographs of a garbage dump in front of the Spinning Mills near Basava Colony and Panth Nagar; garbage dumps in Kuber Circle area; garbage dump beside Rani Chennamma Road; it is also Weekly Vegetable Open Market's venue every Thursday. White ellipses in the Google Earth images indicate the garbage dumps.

My cousin just now informed me the local Panchayat is clearing the garbage dump beside Rani Chennamma Road. She observed many people from neighboring houses voicing their complaints about the garbage and waste dumps to the Panchayat officials supervising the clean-up operation. A fortnight ago, just before we observed nationwide daylong lock-down, we had spoken to the local Panchayat officials on the need for cleanliness and sanitation with proper garbage management as proactive and precautionary measures with the danger of Corona (COVID-19) virus epidemic looming large. We also showed the road in front of the rented house we inhabit and how we had filled its pot-holes and uneven level by laying it with a think layer of stone chips and gravel. We had even dug up a drain perpendicular to the lower area of the road to drain out rainwater and solve the problem of all those of us using the road during monsoon season. The officials, under their breath, acknowledged our consistent written and verbal effort in drawing their attention to the problems inhabitants of Panth Nagar are experiencing.
When my cousin informed me of local Panchayat's effort in cleaning the garbage from the area I was glad but I also thought this is not the solution. We are only treating the symptoms and not taking care of the cause through proper garbage management at a top priority level. During lock-down and community quarantine, it is important to maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the area through proper garbage collection and management.
The sum-and-substance is: we should have a healthy and clean lifestyle (living habits) Only then the proactive precautionary efforts will prove to be effective in diluting, if not completely controlling the outbreak of an epidemic.
There are Primary Health Centers in Belgaum district, yet the inhabitants of the habitation in Sambra, Honnihal, Panth Balekundri, Balekundri, Basava Colony, Panth Nagar, Nirmal Nagar-to name a few, frequent the local private clinics. The localites often suffer from respiratory disease, Influenza, gastro-intestinal disease, Malaria, Dengue, diabetes, heart, and kidney related problems.

April 01, 2020:

Garbage dumps in the trench next to Anand Nagar, Spinning Mill, and vacant plots in Panth Nagar were burnt this evening. 
Click Google Photos to view all the photographs of the garbage dumps on Bachi-Raichur Highway up to Panth Nagar.

For Your Reference:

1. Balekundri (not updated information)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balekundri_(K.H.)
https://villageinfo.in/karnataka/belgaum/belgaum/balekundri.html
2. Belgaum (Belagavi)District:
https://belagavi.nic.in/en/tehsil/
https://belagavi.nic.in/en/villages-panchayats/
3. Belgaum Rural*:
https://www.datanetindia-ebooks.com/pdf_Samples/assembly_factbook/Karnataka/Belgaum/Belgaum%20Rural.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgaum_Rural_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)
4. Panchayat Raj in India:
https://rural.nic.in/
https://www.karnataka.com/govt/panchayat-raj-village-administration/
http://www.sanchitha.ikm.in/node/630
http://www.sanchitha.ikm.in/node/1285
5. G.O.I.'s Mission Antyodaya:
https://rural.nic.in/sites/default/files/SwachchataPakhwadaBooklet_08092017_English.pdf
6. Primary Health Centers in Belgaum District:
https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/health-centers-in-belgaum-karnataka?cursor=CnEKEgoMcmVwb3J0X2NvdW50EgIIABJXag9wfnRhYmxldHdpc2UtY29yRAsSCUhvc3BpdGFscyI1YmFpbHVyLTI0eDctcHJpbWFyeS1oZWFsdGgtY2VudGVyLXNhbXBnYW9uLWJhaWxob25nYWwMGAAgAQ%3D%3D&count=80

TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF- VII ?!

Let me begin this post with an anecdote. It was the monsoon season of last year when we went to the Shahpur area of Belgaum. The purpose was to visit the clay and terracotta pottery showroom named "Kumbhar" They are franchisees of Gujarat based clay pottery manufacturing unit named "Mitticool".
We visited the showroom, admired intricately done and resplendently colored clay artwork and potteries on display. When we stepped out of the showroom my cousin suggested we snack at a sweet and snacks shop situated at the cross-lanes opposite the pottery showroom.
We walked to the shop and bought a plate of piping hot *kachoris and *samosas (*Indian snacks) for each one of us. It was evening time and as usual, people thronged the place for an evening snack. So by the time I had emptied the contents of the paper plate, I had to bend forward and throw the plate into the garbage bin as my Mother, cousin and Aunty were standing next to it. I was amazed to see the customers at the shop glare at me as if I had committed an offense by flinging it in the garbage bin! The open-drain beside the shop was full of used paper plates and cups! "Samman"(Respect) the sweet and snacks shop's owner hails from Rajasthan. With the shop at a vantage point, he does a brisk business selling sweets and snacks to the local inhabitants.
Strangers communicating through mute gestures amuses me and wonder why they mindlessly reflect(if not imitate) an action ignoring the fact it will have a rippling effect (if not a chain effect) on them too. I wondered and could sense my lips curl up into an amusing smile.  I wondered whether I am really aware of myself? I do not and neither do I encourage anyone to consider and treat anyone as garbage. Our family, relations, peers, and society condition our behavior and mannerisms and often discourage us from having a rational and pragmatic approach to life. This subsequently causes our perceptions to be biassed and prejudiced.
I, therefore, decided to create useful artwork using waste materials that were to be dumped in the garbage bin at home. I simultaneously began making this rack and the Flower Box. I did this to understand myself, my self-worth, self-respect, integrity, self-love or selfless love, dignity while applying creative thinking through applied curiosity and empathy in understanding the need for a solution at home in the form of an object that I could create using the things people at home were about to dispose of. I began with myself. I needed a desk rack and lamp. I decided to make it in such a way that anyone could use the rack-cum-lamp anywhere, in the living area, kitchen, study room, bedroom and even at the office.
Later last year when my cousin brother flew down from the USA on an official visit to India, he paid us a flying visit on a weekend. During his visit, we revisited Kumbhar, the clay pottery showroom. We purchased a Mitticool manufactured clay cooking-pot with lid. We also purchased the remaining set of choir rings the shop-owner had remarked that it was now difficult to get people who can and agree to make choir rings.
We revisited "Samman"(Respect) sweet shop for a snack. This time I made sure I stood next to the bin and to my sheer amusement, the color of the plastic bucket bin matched with the color of the clothes I wore on that day! You asked me a question? Did that stop the strangers from frowning at me?! It did! Quite queer! isn't it?! This also helped me in creatively giving vent to my ire and resentment towards human avarice that has caused a problem in the form of waste and garbage, plastic garbage, in particular, that defies Earth's natural recycling process.
Now, after watching the video, can you guess what am I made of?! If you cannot then this hint might help you:

Congratulations! You did it!
I (The rack and the lamp) are made of:

1. Two wooden handles of brooms used for swabbing the floor.
2. Plywood piece.
3. Thermocol sheet.
4. Four plastic(P.E.T.) bottles of 250 ml each.
5. Paper boxes of medicine bottles.
6. Plastic containers of Duolin and Budamate respules.
7. Aluminum foil wrappers of mouth fresheners.
8. Cement.
9. One plastic bottle of lamp oil.
10. Four plastic bottles of Budamate Forte capsules.
11. Two-inches long iron nails.
12. Handles of two plastic carry bags of periodicals.
13. One plastic bottle of Sunkist Fruit juice.
14. One paper reel of brown plastic tape used for packaging.
15. Biscuit cartons (paper box.)
16. Three biscuit cartons (plastic.)
17. Oil paints (we can use vegetable and organic paints.)
18. Paint thinner.
19. Fevicol.
20. Cellophane tape.
21. Plastic straw
22. Plastic cover of journals and monthly/fortnightly periodicals

The rack has props and four wheels made from the caps of the empty plastic bottles, plastic straw, two-inches long iron nails and, Budamate Forte capsules' plastic bottles that make it easy to  turn the rack around:

The 360 degrees movable lamp is made from two paper reels of brown plastic tape, two Budamate Forte Capsules' plastic bottles, cellophane tape, one plastic bottle, one bulb holder, two meters long insulated electric wire with plug.  The lamp can be moved positioned anywhere on the top shelf of the rack:

The rack's pillars (Props) and shelves have alphabets/scripts of seven languages: Hindi & Marathi: (Devnagari Script), Bengali, Kannada, Urdu, Oriya and, English. Numerals of six languages:

I have already posted six creative solutions made out of things that people at home had discarded as waste!

Please write your reaction, response, suggestions, insights, queries and, doubts as "comments" to this post. 

Please use this link to view more photographs and, videos of the rack and, three hundred and sixty degrees-movable lamp.

Acknowledgment:

Smt. Sharmila Sen, Smt. Bharti Gupta, Miss Ishanvi (Tuntuni/Khushi), Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Ms. Radhika Rao and, Ms. Joshika Gupta's helped in transforming the efforts into reality: The Rack and the 360 Degrees Movable Lamp. 

WHILE CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL OF COLOURS: HOLI TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF - VII?!

WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY HOLI OF 2020!

Before we try to guess what the flower box is made of, let us acknowledge the ingenuity and creative efforts of Smt. Bharti Gupta, Smt. Sharmila Sen, Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Ms. Radhika Rao, and Ms.Joshika Gupta!

Now it is an easy guess what I am made of. Spot on you are!:

1. Thirteen empty 750 ml. Pepsi Cola plastic bottles
2. A thermocol sheet used in packaging
3. Plastic straws used to drain out excess water from the flower box
4. Five empty aluminum cans of Schweppes Ginger Ale
5. Deccan Herald paper pulp
6. Ceramic powder
7. Oil colors (We can use organic or herbal colors)
8. Oil paint thinner
9. Plaster of Paris (PoP)
10. Dirt-sand and pebbles filled in the aluminum cans 
11. Fevicol

We cut the top portion of the empty plastic bottles to serve as flower pots as well as the sides of the flower box. 

Painted the bottles to appear like the glass lemonade glass with bright colored floral patterns. Such lemonade glass tumblers were very commonly used until plasticware replaced glassware from our daily life. 

Of course! we can cut the empty plastic bottles, paint beautiful patterns and designs on them and use them as plastic tumblers to drink water and cold drinks from. 

The tools we used for making the flower box:

1. Aluminum vessel 
2. mixing bowl
3. Clipper
4. Hack saw
5. Scissors
6. Measuring tape
7. Marker pens
8. Spatula, ladle, wooden spoon
9. A palette for mixing and blending colors
10. Paintbrushes
11. Scrub and duster cloth 

We may ingenuously innovate ways of reusing single-use plastic bottles like the empty Pepsi Cola bottles. styrofoam sheets (thermocol) and try to solve the hazard of plastic waste, but our true ingenuity is in devising ways to phase out the products made from fossil fuel and its by-products by replacing them with bio-degradable materials. For this, we should not hesitate to recollect what materials we had used before polymers replaced them. We need to study the indigenous methods of the inhabitants of various regions in making products and packaging and how ethical, environment-friendly they are. This is how we improve our methods of solving a problem.  This is how we can evolve maintaining the ecological balance and sustain the fragile eco-system of the Earth.

DON'T PUT ALL EGGS IN ONE BASKET? THEN TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF- VI?!

Before we try to guess what the egg basket is made of, let us acknowledge the ingenuity and creative efforts of Smt. Bharti Gupta, Smt. Sharmila Sen, Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Ms. Radhika Rao, and Ms.Joshika Gupta!

You must have guessed most of the materials used in making the egg basket. Let me tell you, all the materials are waste materials except a few:

1. Single-use plastic egg case in which eggs are sold in departmental stores and supermarkets (The egg vendors and shops selling eggs pack and sell the eggs in plastic carry-bags and 
2. Discarded pieces of cloth retrieved from a tailoring shop
3. Plastic bubble-packing sheet that was in a parcel we received 
4. Fevicol
5. Velcro tape
6. Thread/Wool twine handles of plastic carry bags of  India Gate Basmati Rice
7. Two-inch wide Cello-tap
8. Oil Paint
9. Oil paint thinner'
10. Deccan Herald newspaper pulp
11. Ceramic powder
12. Varnish
13. Water

The tools we used:

1. Measuring tape
2. Scissors
3. Spatula and spoon
4. Needle and thread
5. Marker pens
6. Mixing bowl
7. Paintbrush

We mostly used packaging materials that are for single-use and sad enough encourages us to throw them away once we have retrieved the wares packed in them. Do we ever think about how all that we dump in the form of garbage are we also not responsible for the garbage and its recycling? 

Our human concept of garbage is for anything that is no longer useful for us. 

We ignore the fact that the Earth's environment has a natural recycling process in which nothing is a waste and nothing gets wasted except for human-made(if not man-made) tangible products that we usually produce challenging Nature and its ecological balance. Therefore, the Earth;'s natural recycling process is unable to effectively recycle tangible products made from fossil fuels and their by-products. We ignore this fact and insist on using single-use plastic for short-term gains called "Cost-Effective". We eventually miss out on its adverse effect on the Earth's eco-system. 

We have two main problems to take care of:

A. Human Population

B. Garbage and Waste

Both are equally responsible for the negative impact on the Earth's environment in the form of #climatechange and #gobalwarming

Manufacturers and consumers cannot indulge in a blame game for garbage and waste. Both are equally responsible and we need to change our habit and focus on innovating more sustainable methods of product manufacturing and packaging resulting in minimum waste and garbage. 

So, as consumers, we thought, discussed, and devised a way to use the single-use plastic packaging to make a sustainable egg-box that is carefully lined up with cloth and bubble wrap to diffuse the impact of any accidental action viz. push, drop, or falling of the basket from our hands. The packing keeps the eggs safe.  

If you don't believe it then view this video:

Please don't forget to share your suggestions, and response in the post's comments section. Thank You!

THINK OUT OF THE BOX & TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF - V?!

Before we try to guess what we, the boxes, made of, let us acknowledge the ingenuity and creative efforts of Smt. Bharti Gupta, Smt. Sharmila Sen and Ms.Joshika Gupta!

I am sure you must have liked the boxes for safely keeping your essential knick-knacks and accessories.

If you are unable to guess what they are made up of then have a look at this:

Precisely! both the boxes are made of:

1. Paper pulp made from Deccan Herald newspaper

2. Fevicol

3. Water

4. Vinegar

5. Salt

6. Ceramic powder

7. Bio-plastic (corn starch, vinegar, glycerine, water)

8. Gold thread and sequin lace from old and discarded sarees.used as fasteners

9. Acrylic color or oil color

10. Organic or vegetable color if you don't want to use chemical colors

11, Thinner for acrylic color or oil paint

12. Varnish

Here's a detailed view of the black and gold box:

Do write your impression of the paper pulp box that is lightweight, elegant, unbreakable, and durable.

How about a detailed view of the multi-colored blue box?

Tools used to make the boxes:

1. Plastic box and its lid used as a mold

2. Aluminum vessel to make paper pulp

3. Steel container to store paper pulp

4. Ladle and spatula

5. Strainer

6. Mixing bowl

7. Paintbrush

8. Marker pens

9. Measuring tape

10. Paint thinner, etc.

11. Scrub

12. Cloth swab

It is so easy to make and gift it to your loved ones and enjoy the fun of thinking out of the box while making such boxes!

TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF - IV ?!

Before we try to guess what I, the rack, am made of, let me acknowledge the ingenuity and creative efforts of Smt. Bharti Gupta, Smt. Sharmila Sen and Ms.Joshika Gupta!

If you are unable to guess what I am made of, then this may help you:

Or this may be a better hint:

You must have guessed it by now!

You are right! I am made of:

1. Pulp made from newspaper and paper bags
2. Paper boxes of toothpaste and ointments
3. Plastic containers of Budamate Forte capsules
4. Use of  plastic shelf and props as mold
5. Salt
6.  Vinegar
7. Water
8. Ceramic powder
9. Fevicol
10. Bio-plastic (made of corn starch, glycerin, water, vinegar)
11. Oil paint
12. Paint thinner
13. Plaster of Paris (POP)

Here's how we assemble the rack:

Right you are! the rack is unbreakable!

You must be wondering whether the props are really made from paper pulp? Is so, then they must be too brittle and weak to support the weight of any heavy object I may place on the shelf. In fact, all the materials used in making the shelves and the props make them quite strong and unbreakable. We used black and white plastic tapes to not only cover the props not only made them strong but unbreakable too!

The tools we used to make the rack:

1. Stove
2. Aluminum vessel
3. Steel container
4. Plastic sheet
5. ladle
6. Spoon
7. Scissors
8. Paintbrush
9. Mixing bowl
10. Scrubber
11. Cleaning cloth
12. Marker pen
13. Measuring tape

Voila!  We have an unbreakable light-weight, brightly colored folding rack from the things we had decided to label as waste and dispose of them!

Do post your queries, suggestions, and comments on this post.  

Refer to Google Photos for photographs and videos on how the rack is unbreakable; how we can easily assemble it and how strong its shelves and props are!

TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF - III ?!

Tell me what am I made of?

BOWL 1:

BOWL 2:

BOWL 3: 

BOWL 4:

ASSORTMENT:

Congratulations! if you have been able to guess!
Are you still trying to guess, then read on:  "TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF - II"
I am confident you must have noticed the thread print on Bowls 1 and 3!

Video-Courtesy: Google Photos

TELL ME WHAT AM I MADE OF- II ?!

Here are photographs of the objects you viewed in the video:


PLATES:

Could you guess what these plates are made of? No? Then read on.
These plates are made of:

1. Paper pulp made from paper packets and wrappers
2. Plastic plate as a mould
3. Ceramic powder
4. Bio-plastic (made from corn starch, glycerin, vinegar and water.)
5. Acrylic colours and thinner
6. Varnish
7. Fevicol MR
8. Table Salt
9. Vinegar

Tools used:

1. Gas stove
2. Blender mixer
3. Plastic bowls/containers
4. Strainer
5. Steelpan and stirrer
6. Paintbrush

Now it is anyone's guess these bright coloured unbreakable plates are as light as any paper plate with glazed grace of porcelain ware.

LEAVES:

You could not guess what these leaves are made of, is it?
This is for your curiosity:
These leaves are made of:

1. Pieces of plastic bottles
2. Paper pulp made from paper packets and wrappers
3. Ceramic powder
4. Bio-plastic (made from corn starch, glycerin, vinegar and water.)
5. Acrylic colours and thinner
6. Varnish
7. Oil paints
8. Table Salt
9. Vinegar

Tools used:

1. Gas stove
2. Blender mixer
3. Plastic bowls/containers
4. Strainer
5. Steelpan and stirrer
6. Paintbrush

These colourful leaves with folk art motifs and patterns are simple examples of how we can creatively recycle waste paper and plastic. 

Be generous with your comments and suggestions to improve the efforts in making the best of waste!