THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mayor C. Jayan Babu said here on Monday that the City Corporation would soon insist on source-level segregation of garbage for the efficient implementation of the Capital City, Clean City project.
Under the pilot project, households in the wards of Muttada, Nanthancode, Kesavadasapuram, Kowdiar and Kuravankonam will be the first to start segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage in green and white buckets.
The plastic waste in white buckets will be collected once a week and bottles, bulbs and electronic waste once a month.
At a press conference, Mr. Jayan Babu said the Corporation had directed the Kudumbasree Clean Well Unit workers to collect only segregated garbage from households under the project.
“Today, the Corporation Council passed the bylaws for the Capital City, Clean City project. The bylaws, approved by the government, cover all aspects of solid-waste management. From now, we will lay special emphasis on source-level segregation of garbage,” he said.
The Mayor said the bylaws stipulated self-contained solid-waste management mechanisms for apartment complexes. The apartment complexes, whether coming up new or already existing, would have to install solid-waste management systems.
Garbage transport
He said the Corporation had procured five airtight vehicles, each priced at Rs.18 lakh, for transporting garbage to the solid-waste management plant at Vilappilsala. Five more of them would be bought.
“Since it is impossible to transport garbage in the morning hours, these vehicles will have to be parked somewhere during the day. We are trying to identify places where this will not cause much disturbance to the public. We are planning to have service-stations-cum-workshops for parking and servicing these vehicles,” he said.
Deputy Mayor V. Jayaprakash said the Corporation was introducing the concept of household-level vermi-compost pits and biogas plants for processing biodegradable waste in houses with sufficient land.
Source: The Hindu, Tuesday, May 04, 2010
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