When Vishal Tibrewala, director of Mumbai’s Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), ‘My Green Society’, held an engagement function for his son Yash at a Juhu venue recently, he walked the green talk. The function had approximately 1,300 guests in attendance and was, “an example on how we need to walk the talk when it comes to green preservation and being eco-conscious in our lived everyday reality. This should apply even at celebrations and functions,” said Tibrewala, who helms the Andheri outfit.

Peel appeal

The green effort began from the caterer’s kitchen with fruit peels from sweet lime, orange and pineapple collected as they were discarded for making fruit juice served to the guests. These peels will be used to make bio enzymes, which is a natural cleaning agent made from crushed peels mixed with jaggery and water. The cleanser can be used to clean toilets, mopping floors etc. It has no chemicals. A spokesperson said, “The toilets at the venue were kept clean with bio enzymes.” Vegetable peels from potato, cucumber etc., were also collected in recyclable plastic bags, and food waste collected too, to be made into compost.