Likmabam Binodkumar constructs public urinal using plastic waste
- November 26 2019 : at Wangjing Heituppokpi Leikai, Thoubal District -
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Likmabam Binodkumar constructs public urinal using plastic waste :: Pix - TSE
TSE News - 27th November 2019 edition
A public urinal made of plastic waste was inaugurated at Wangjing Heituppokpi Leikai in Thoubal district today. Constructed by Likmabam Binodkumar, son of late Likmabam Damo of the locality, as a means to give awareness about cleanliness and hygiene, the urinal was inaugurated by Go Clean Wangjing convenor and IRE Group of Institution, Wangjing Principal Narengbam Rajivkumar.
Concerned with the rampant plastic waste degrading the environment, he conceived the idea of building the public urinal, said Binodkumar. He now has over 1,600 used water bottles collected to be used in construction of another public urinal.
The urinal has used plastic bottles, filled with plastic waste, and concrete. Binodkumar also appreciated and presented shawls to four individuals who helped collect the plastic waste and build the urinal.
Associate Professor at Kha-Manipur College Kakching Yangambam Nongpok, members of Go Clean Team Konjengbam Shyama, Khundrakpam Babulin, Sorokhaibam Ojit, S Hemba and Lecturer Moirangthem Roshan also attended the event.
Likmabam Binodkumar constructs public urinal using plastic waste :: Pix - IT News
IT News - 27th November 2019 edition
For the first time in the history of Manipur, a public urinal was constructed using waste plastic bottle filled by plastic waste package product like Talab, Sampoo among others, was inaugurated today at Wangjing Heituppokpi in Thoubal district.
All credit goes to Likmabam Binodkumar (age 41) son of Damu, a resident of Wangjing Heituppokpi, as he is the person who collected waste plastic bottles and other plastic waste and filled it in the bottle for making it as construction material.
Narengbam Rajivkumar, who is the president of "Go Clean" Wangjing inaugurated the public urinal built by using plastic waste as construction material.
"I was inspired after coming across people in some country using waste plastic bottles as construction material by filling it with sand", Likmabam Binodkumar, who is also an entrepreneur, said while talking to reporters during the inauguration function.
"I was always concern about the waste plastic of package edible and other household chores like Talab , Samppoo etc that are polluting the earth", Likmabam Binodkumar said and added that finally he decided to collect the plastic waste and filled it in waste bottles for using it as construction materials.
A waste plastic filled plastic bottle weighs around 250 gm to 350 gm. A total of 976 such bottled were used in constructing the 5 ft 8 inches tall toilet.
* This news was published at The Sangai Express and Imphal Times on 27th November 2019
This was posted on 27th November 2019
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