When you offer flowers to a place of worship, you actually donate raw material for a flower recycling plant. The roses you offered according to your religion, are recycled to use again and you shouldn’t surprised if you buy scented sticks made of the roses you offered.
How florist waste is recycled?
If you see a place of worship from close, you will find that it produces plenty of floral waste. These flowers are allowed to do in drain and wastelands where they decay and release the toxic waste they contain while decaying. You will be surprised to know that florists use chemicals to keep their products useful for a long time. And chemicals are needed to increase the shelf life of flowers.
The redness of the roses is due to chemicals. You want to offer dark red roses to your place of worship hoping to get the blessings of God. But little do you know that the roses you offered are harmful to the environment. It contains toxic elements that can pollute rivers and soil. But thanks to the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants that have a plan to save the environment from pollution by religious waste.
The florist waste from religious places is taken to recycling plants where flowers are cleaned and powdered to make raw material for making scented sticks. And these scented sticks are sent4 to religious places for selling. Recycling florist waste is a lengthy process because every flower is manually screened and prepared.
Advantages of recycling florist waste
1. Save Environment
Recycling florist waste saves the environment. It prevents the flowers from going to drain and ending up in rivers where they can release toxic waste on decaying. Now the religious waste is taken directly to recycling plants where the florist waste is recycled to make religious supplies. Flower cycling technology is also generating huge employment for the rural population.
2. Employment
The labour for running recycling plants come from the rural population. Since these plants are located in rural places, they provide employment to rural people. And the employees don’t have to take specific academic or professional qualifications to get jobs in recycling plants. And this employment is expected to grow in the future.
3. Multiple Products
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is encouraging people to find more uses for florist wastes. For example, an NGO from Maharashtra came up with the idea of making fertilizers from florist waste. The idea was studied by the scientific community and approved on finding it useful.
4. Green Products
Everything made by recycled flowers is 100% environmentally friendly. For example, take the scented sticks made by recycled florist waste is eco-friendly. You won’t have any problem even with the smoke of these scented sticks. You can light these sticks at religious places without any worries. Similarly, the fertilizers made by recycling florist waste is eco-friendly.
Who can open a recycling plant?
You can open a flower recycling plant and start recycling floral waste with the permission of the government. It is a small investment that will give a huge return in the long run. Its advantage is that you don’t have to worry about the raw material that you can get in a hassle-free and affordable manner. Visit the India science TV channel for more information on how to start a recycling plant.