About Nirmalya in sector-19, Noida

"Nirmalya" is about up cycling flower waste like Roses, Marigold, Lotus, Hibiscus and Jasmine etc into Natural Color, Incense Stick, Soap, compost & other sacred products.

Our mission is to minimize the wastage of resources and to reduce carbon footprint to bring back energy into cycle.

Our vision Employability, Inclusiveness and Sustainability of the society by providing employment to the marginalized sections of the society and resulting into' green economy.'

Objective is to reduce water pollution,soil pollution and creating awareness among people to upcycle flower waste into beautiful sacred natural products.

WHY FLORAL WASTE

As per information received from State Pollution Control Board/ Pollution Control Committees (in between the year 2009-12) 1, 27,486 TPD (Tons per day) municipal solid waste is generated in the Country during 2011-12. Out of which, 89,334 TPD (70%) of MSW is collected and 15,881 TPD (12.45%) is processed or treated.

On an average, Delhi generates 6800 tonnes per day, 1786 tpd (2010-11) of municipal solid waste per day. Three municipal bodies - the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB), are responsible for solid waste management in Delhi. MCD alone manage almost 95 % of the total area of the city still struggling in handling waste.

Urban solid waste is normally a complex mixture of household, construction, commercial, toxic industrial elements and hospital wastes. It could be generated from residential, institutional, commercial, temples and industrial areas, besides construction and demolition sites. Based on this, waste generated from temples and all religious events is classified as ‘’temple waste’’.

India is a land of temples where worshiping is a way of life. This entails offering flowers, leaves, coconut and fruits. Besides these, milk, water and honey etc are also offered as offerings to the deity. In India, there are temples that are dedicated to a single deity and to multiple deities as well, where specific flower is offered as an offering to these deities. These flowers are a symbol of devotion and reverence.(Source- EDII research paper)

Religion is still one of the most important facets of both Indian history and contemporary life. . It is believed that the flowers that come from temples should be discarded into water bodies to respect their sanctity. The gravity of the situation is understood when we see the collective amount that is generated from each temple. Every year approximately 80, 00,000 tons of waste flowers are dumped into the rivers, which essentially choke them because the flowers are wrapped with polythene bags. The result is that these sacred flowers rot in rivers-polluting it and thereby killing fishes and creating havoc in the fragile ecosphere. The pesticides and chemical fertilizers, which are used to grow flowers, now mix with the river water making it highly toxic. Often, clogging of drains takes place as well.

A WALK TOWARDS NATURE

We all know the third Law of thermodynamics that “Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed; rather, it transforms from one form to another”. The flower we offer to god is considered being most beautiful & pure. That flower carries energy that transit from one stage to another & ends up being garbage. So, it’s our own responsibility to bring it back into channel.

PRODUCTS

As we know, each of the offerings has a lot of value in terms of their reuse and biodegradability. The recycling of this waste from the temples can lead to the creation of various new products. It is only possible, if it is properly managed. The waste processing technologies reported in the country are; composting, vermicomposting, biogas plant, RDF –palletisation and others.

So, here our journey starts i.e. up cycling flower waste into different sacred products:-

Natural Color - Holi colors in the market are oxidized metals mixed with engine oil, causes serious harm to person’s health. So, Natural color is the best to enjoy and without harming your skin.

Incense Sticks - Worshiping methods in religions like burning incense stick adversely affect the environment. During the religious festivals, a huge amount of incense is burnt in temples. If household incense burning is also included, the incense consumption in India may become double or triple and it also indicates an environmental hazardous situation. Incense smoke (fumes) contains particulate matter (PM), gas products and many organic compounds. These problems can be solved by using herbal incense sticks from flower waste.

Soap – Now a days the soap available in the market are made from synthetic perfume, petrochemicals, phthalates which causes cancer and other harmful side effects on body. As we know, from ages Flowers are being used for healing skin like Rose, Marigold, Hibiscus etc and it also has unique beautifying character, which can be used in soap and able to boost our overall health and drastically improve our well being and these natural soaps are good for the environment.

Sugandhit khaad–As we know ‘’green waste’’ cannot be dispensed off as normal waste. Degradation of floral waste is a very slow process as compared to kitchen waste. Our motto behind making manure is optimum utilization of flowers waste by decomposing even the stalk and residual flower. It is also rich in content because of high Nitrogen and Carbon structure of flower.