Asif Ayoob holds a degree in civil engineering and is pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree at Chitkara University in India. In 2020, the government of Kerala, India, conferred on him its “young social worker” award in recognition of his outstanding social service.

Managing Plastic Pollution: Could University Campuses Serve as Vectors of Change?

Volunteers from Chitkara University (center) pose with students of the government school in Tahu Village in the State of Punjab, India, during a book distribution event, part of the 3R Campaign 2030, 4 March 2021. Photo courtesy of Chitkara University.
Plastics are sorted by colour in Dharavi, Mumbai, India, where an increasingly large recycling industry has developed. Photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavi © Linda De Volder

The Sustainable Development Goals, having evolved from the fundamental principle of “leave no one behind”, should follow the same principle in developing initiatives at the grass-roots level.