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Segregate your waste in Hassan from June 5

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The Hindu         02.06.2017  

Segregate your waste in Hassan from June 5

The Hassan City Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to introduce segregation of wet and dry waste at the collection point from June 5— the World Environment Day.

City Municipal Council Commissioner Nagabhushan has appealed to the people to give the wet and dry waste separately to the garbage-carrying vehicles.

Dustbins distributed


The City Municipal Council has already distributed dustbins of two different colours meant for segregating the waste at home.

“People should not dump plastic bags into the vehicles. They should keep the waste separately in two baskets and dump the same to the tipper when they come to their streets. Use of plastic bags is banned completely and those who violate the order will attract penalty,” Mr. Nagabhushan has futher stated in the circular issued here.

 

Segregated waste collection from June 5

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The Hindu        26.05.2017   

Segregated waste collection from June 5

Change in method:A file photo of a worker engaged in segregating waste.  

Plastic bags to be supplied to residents for doing it

The VMC will begin collecting segregated garbage from households from June 5 in the city.

Municipal Commissioner J. Nivas, who inspected door-to-door garbage collection in the 54th division of the city on Thursday, asked the authorities to make arrangements for collecting wet garbage and dry garbage separately from the households.

He directed them to replace the two-colour dustbin system with plastic bags and supply the bags to residents so that garbage is segregated at the beginning stage in the households.

Mr. Nivas also said NGOs must be roped in to create awareness among the civic staff and the public regarding segregation of the waste on a daily basis.

Vermicomposting


to be revived

He also told them to revive vermicomposting plants located at various areas and make use of them.

He asked the sanitation staff to collect the wet garbage, which would be largely generated at rythu bazaars and residential colonies, and dump it at the composting pits.

Though the VMC had made attempts to collect dry and wet garbage separately, non-cooperation of the public and lack of awareness among sanitation workers had failed the initiative.

Mr. Nivas also inspected the LBS Stadium in Ajith Singh Nagar. On finding the stadium in a poor condition, he asked the sports wing authorities to take up repair work and make the stadium useful for people.

 

Segregate 17% waste by June 30: Corporation to officials

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The Times of India        23.05.2017   

Segregate 17% waste by June 30: Corporation to officials

| | May 23, 2017, 09.53 AM IST
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CHENNAI: All zones in the city have to ensure that 17% of the waste generated in their jurisdiction is segregated by June 30, Greater Chennai Corporation has ordered its officials.

Corportional commissioner D Karthikeyan, zonal level officials said, was keen on source segregation taking off in a big way and was conducting review meetings every Saturday. Of the nearly 5,500 tonnes of solid waste generated in the city daily, 4,500 tonnes are garbage.

The segregated waste is to be sent to compost pits or bio-methanation plants. Some zones already use such fuel. One Amma canteen in Valasaravakkam partially runs on fuel generated from waste, while one near Chamiers Road operates entirely on such fuel, officials said.

The manure is also being used in corporation parks and the leftover sold for 20 a kg. "Compost pits in areas like T Nagar and Mylapore which generate lot of market waste are able to generate more manure," said an official.

Over the past 45 days, corporation officials in Ambattur and Teynampet have been going door to door, urging residents to start source segregation of waste.

In Teynampet, where staff of Ramky Enviro Engineers, have been helping, nearly 20,000 households have been covered, with 10% of the 62 tonnes of waste generated daily segregated. In Valasaravakkam, 1.5 tonnes of the 190 tonnes waste generated is segregated, an official said.

 

Cooperation from residents is necessary, said Ravi Nandyala, founder-president of Jeth Nagar Residents Association (JERA) in Mandaveli. Along with persuading residents to join the campaign, JERA is also trying to bring in a zero bin concept, where the dust bins on the streets are reduced gradually. "We have created litter-free zones and have trained people in segregating waste at their homes," he said. 

 


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