Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology organized a "Waste Cooking Oil Collection Drive" commemorate National Safety Day on 4th March 2022 , elucidating Food Safety. The Scientific team started the drive from the institution campus and covered the Sozhinganallur and Medavakkam stretch covering about 5 kms. The team approached Ponnusamy Hotel, Salem R RBriyani, Hotel Ramanaa's and Sundari Restaurant. The team highlighted their focus on collecting the waste cooking oil that is generated during the frying operations in their restaurant. The health impacts posed by the Waste Cooking Oil reuse for frying and cooking were explained and how they will be playing a major role in prevention of health hazards by giving the used cooking oil to the centre for waste management who are in turn using it to produce biodiesel. The environmental hazards of throwing away the waste cooking oil into sewer lines and on landfills were also explained creating an awareness on both food and environmental safety by diverting the much-generated waste cooking oil for biodiesel production. The drive was completed with an agreement from the hotels and restaurants a major portion of their waste cooking oil to Centre for Waste Management, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology. As a consequence of the drive, the centre will be getting waste cooking oil from the restaurants apart from the volume of waste cooking oil it has been receiving from the institution's mess that caters to the food needs of about ten thousand inmates on an average daily

Centre for Waste Management, Department of Electronics and Communication, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology organized An Awareness Programme on Hydroponics: An Alternate Farming Technique for Soil Conservation" on 22nd April 2022 for the farmers of Thirukazhukundram block at Gokul Krishna Farm, Neikkupi, Kalpakkam. Agri Dr. Shanthi Sivakumar, CEO, SS FARM TECH, Chennai introduced to the participants the concept of Hydroponics and the different farming techniques involved in it for soil conservation. The Scientific team also visited the Gokul Krishna Farm at Neikkupi, Kalpakkam and witnessed the Hydroponics farming practised in at Gokul Krishna Farm. Agri Dr. Shanthi Sivakumar explained how hydroponics farming is favorable for the cultivation of cucumber, micronutrients, tomatoes etc. The team is also executing a Science Technology Innovation Hub at Kattumannarkoil, C,D Block, Cuddalore District supported by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India,in which Automated Hydroponics Framework will be implemented shortly for promoting the cultivation of agricultural produces for the livelihood promotion of the identified beneficiaries in the Aadhanur, Eachampoondi and Periakottagam villages. About 50 marginal workers will be benefited through this intervention.