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3.National award for Larvaecidal cakes made million people are affected from mosquito borne
from waste cigarette butt. illnesses annually Over 1 million people die of
mosquito-borne diseases each year
The next project addresses two global problems: So, with the objective to manage and recycle the
Cigarette butt pollution and mosquito borne cigarette butt waste and to check mosquito borne
illnesses. According to United Nation, Cigarette illnesses, we have formulated larvaecidal cakes
butts account for more than 766 million from nicotine extracted from waste cigarette
kilogrammes of toxic trash each year. They are butts, yeast, sugar and binding material (Fig. 7).
also the most common plastic litter on beaches, Once the cakes are added to stagnant water that are
making marine ecosystems more susceptible to breeding grounds of mosquito having hundreds of
microplastic leakages. When ingested, the their larvae, Carbon dioxide and possibly additional
hazardous chemicals in microplastics cause volatiles produced by fermentation of sugar by
long-term mortality in marine life, including yeast attract mosquitoes which can therefore be
birds, fish, mammals, plants and reptiles. Yearly, used as baits for the killing of mosquitoes.
6 trillion cigarettes are smoked worldwide, and Nicotine and other chemicals in cigarette butts
4.5 trillion cigarettes are littered in the are toxic to mosquito larvae and play a critical
environment [6]. On the other hand, according role in killing them thus preventing spreading of
to World Health Organization (WHO), 700 mosquito borne diseases.

Fig.6 Making of Larvaecidal cake from Waste Cigarette Butt

The product was tested in National Institute of Malarial Research, Indian
Council of Medical Research (NIMR, ICMR) on it’s lethal effect on Anopheles
mosquitoes and it’s larvae. Highlights the series of experiments and observa-
tion designed to check the effectiveness of the engineered cake made from waste
cigarette butt.

Celebrating the Larvaecidal CakNational Award in ATL National Competition

Research based project published in Pradhan Mantri coffee table book by NITI AYOG
https://aim.gov.in/pdf/Coffee_Table_Book_Final.pdf
e

Conclusion
The “waste as a resource approach” will help young genera-
tion to visualize waste not as a problem or burden, but as a
valuable resource, to innovate solutions for sustainable
lifestyle. Waste can be re-engineered to design not only Priyanka Barara Shilpa Raghuvanshi
useful products but also channelizing rising quantity of
unmanaged waste that threatens our ecosystem to boost economy. Principal, Salwan PGT Biotechnology,
Schools can play a very critical role in reprogramming young Public School, Salwan Public School,
minds to consider waste as an untapped Rajendra Nagar, Rajendra Nagar
opportunity for transformational change.

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