Guilty!! Angry!!! Shocked!! Remorseful!!! These were some of the words that captured the reactions of students from Namchi Government College and Sikkim University who visited Gangtok’s 32 No. landfill site, where 30- 35 trucks of unsegregated waste end up being dumped daily. These mountains of waste that is testimony of increasingly wasteful lifestyles, convinced students that when it comes to waste disposal, there is no such thing as away, which led them to question their own consumption habits and commit to bring about change in their lifestyles. The visit to the landfill site had been organised by the Zero Waste Himalaya Group that works across the Sikkim Darjeeling landscape on waste management issues, as part of a two day orientation programme on November 6 -7 for expanding their volunteer base. During the two days, students were sensitized on the issues of waste management through interactive talks, group activities and films. The main focus was on disc...