The Thoothukudi Corporation launched ‘Clean Thoothukudi’ for disposal
of garbage in an organised manner, its Commissioner and Special Officer
Alby John Varghese said here on Tuesday.

The exercise would take
off in the west zone. Residents of all the wards would be educated on
segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste at source
before disposal. Such a habit needs to be cultivated right from the
houses. Pamphlets to create awareness of segregation and disposal were
being given to households, who should be more responsible in disposal of
waste.

He said that while sanitary workers would collect dry
waste such as plastics, glass material, papers and other non
biodegradable waste on Wednesdays, they would collect waste like food
waste and other biodegradable waste on other days.

About 220 tonnes of waste was generated in the corporation limit daily. The dry waste would be recycled for use.

From
biodegradable waste, bio-gas energy could be generated. Organic manure
could be generated from waste and methane gas would be a by-product from
biodegradable waste.

There were two projects and collection of such biodegradable waste would meet the needs of these projects, he said.