Earth day is observed every year
across the world on April 22nd to make people aware of the
importance of protecting the environment. The irony is that despite celebrating
for the last 46 years, we still are unaware of the means and ways of protecting
our blue planet. Earth is the only planet in the universe where life is
possible but if it is continuously abused without any restraint there will be
no life at all soon. We should understand that, besides us, there are many
other organisms that share our planet. Our Planet which had abundant resources needs
to be preserved and conserved for future generations too.
Many governmental and
non-governmental organisations have come up with programmes and initiatives to
bring awareness to protect earth. Even though, Akshaya Patra is not directly
related to conservation of earth, the organisation implements measures to
preserve the environment. They implement many eco-friendly initiatives as:
Through these measures, Akshaya Patra has reduced its dependence on non-renewable sources of energy. By using data analytics, the number of meal delivery routes has been reduced by five, lowering the fuel consumption and vehicle emission each month.
- ‘Bio Oorja’ kitchen stoves that use biomass pellets as fuel which has helped in minimizing fuel cost by 50%.
- The biogas plant produces about 40-50 kg of biogas from about 1000 kg of waste. (Read Consuming with care blog to know more about biogas plant.)
- LED lights have been installed in the kitchens that are extremely energy efficient.
- Recycling of water is done using Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and the waste water is used for washing vehicles used to transport the food.
- There are solar plants to reduce dependency on bio-fuels. Technological innovation measures are implemented that has the capacity to produce 70 units of power a day is used to run all the applications in the kitchen that work on single phase power like the computers, fans and other systems. The plant runs through the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells which convert sunlight to direct current electricity through the course of the day.
Through these measures, Akshaya Patra has reduced its dependence on non-renewable sources of energy. By using data analytics, the number of meal delivery routes has been reduced by five, lowering the fuel consumption and vehicle emission each month.
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