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Segregation of waste at source begins

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The Hindu         18.11.2014

Segregation of waste at source begins

Inspired by the success of the Shunya Project in R.S. Puram, residents of Bharathi Park led by the Bharathi Park Ladies Association have begun segregating waste. On Monday they launched the Shunya Project — zero waste management scheme where the waste is segregated at source — in the presence of Mayor P. Rajkumar, who promised the Coimbatore Corporation’s support.

The association president Premi Balu said that the project would begin with residents in the Bharathi Park Eighth and Seventh Cross and links roads there — about 200 houses. Mr. Rajkumar said that the main culprit for the poor waste management was plastics, which prevented decomposition of organic waste.

He appreciated the steps taken in The Nilgiris, where plastics was banned.

R. Raveendran of the Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore said that the organisation would join hands with Siruthuli to implement the scheme across the city.

The residents would get bins and bags for segregating waste. The ITC under its Wealth out of Waste programme would collect the dry waste from the residents.

The corporation had implemented the Shunya Project in R.S. Puram, where door-to-door collection of segregated waste had led to the removal of bins in the area.