The Hindu 08.10.2013
Corporation to invite expression of interest
Coimbatore Corporation will soon initiate steps to
gather and manage household hazardous waste and electronic waste. The
move comes two years after the corporation made the first attempt.
According
to Corporation Commissioner G. Latha, the civic body would soon call
for expression of interest from private agencies to collect the wastes
and dispose of the same according to the E-waste Policy of Tamil Nadu,
2010.
The agency would collect the waste from
households, commercial establishments, industries and big companies,
recycle the waste that could be recycled and safely dispose of the rest.
It would collect the waste either once a month or periodically at any
interval.
The corporation on its part would support the project but not have financial commitments.
Ms.
Latha said that the project was at a preliminary stage, the finer
details would be known only after the civic body selected a contractor
and only then the things would be clear.
The
corporation in 2011 said that according to the e-waste policy, it would
collect and safely dispose of the waste under the public-private
partnership mode.
It had planned to set up collection centres in all zones and engage workers to collect waste on a particular day of every week.
It
had planned to dispose of the waste by handing it over to registered
recyclers. And in doing so the corporation planned to take the advice of
the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.
After making
the announcement, the corporation did nothing much. The result was that
hazardous household waste and electronic waste found their way into the
municipal waste, thereby affecting the segregation and composting
process.
