Episode 1 : Health & Waste Management in Apartments in COVID Age [Interactive Webinar Series]

ADDA launched the Neighborhoods Of Tomorrow – Interactive Webinar Series on May 1, 2020 with the first Interactive Webinar in the Series. Titled For Apartment Communities in the Age of COVID : Health & Waste Management, the webinar was co-hosted by Daily Dump. Expert speakers, Dr. Arvind Kasthuri, Professor, Department of Community Health, St. John’s Medical College and Dr. Ramakrishna Goud, Professor & Head, Department of Community Health, St. John’s Medical College enlightened Community Leaders with their expertise to manage community health and solid waste in the wake of the global pandemic.

Takeaway 1 :

The strict Lockdown is slowly starting to see relaxation. Inter city/inter town travel is now permitted in private vehicles within a certain time limit. More stores are opening up. Helpers, cooks, housekeeping staff are now allowed in communities. As the lockdown is lifted in phases, it is time to enforce strict precaution for the benefit of all individuals present in certain communities. To this effect, it is imperative to have a proper set up for your community’s health and waste management. Wear masks, routined hand sanitisation by the staff and following proper norms of physical distancing even when accomplishing their duties. A three layered reusable cotton mask is the way to go to generate less biomedical waste. 

Takeaway 2 :

Residential communities are generating more waste than before. With remote working as the norm, and the general advise to not go out means more and more people are staying home. Now more than ever, waste segregation and proper waste disposal is important to not contribute to the problem of pollution. Apart from the usual solid recyclable waste, wet waste, e-waste, we now have to consider segregating bio-medical waste as well.

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