The Immanuel Theological Seminary (ITS) is working towards becoming the first plastic free zone institution in Tamenglong district of Manipur. The initiative is a part of the objective of a seminar on waste management held at the institute.

The one-day seminar on waste management was organised at ITS on September 6 by The Rainforest Club in collaboration with The Corbett Foundation. Around 46 students and 14 teaching and non-teaching staffs took part in the seminar.

Mordecai Panmei, director of The Rainforest Club Tamenglong, spoke on waste management, while Tunchapbou, ITS president, assured on working towards making the ITS campus a “Plastic Free Zone”.

"ITS, Tamenglong is the first institution in the district to have taken up on working towards Plastic Free Zone and it will be the role model for the district as a whole," he said.