The Hindu 11.01.2011
Bins distributed for source segregation
The Chennai Corporation plans to extend the collection of recyclable
plastic waste to 12 more wards in the city. The project is being
implemented in three wards each in six zones covered by the civic body
for conservancy operation. The civic body has purchased nearly 100
metric tonnes of such plastic waste from residents of 18 wards in the
past eight months. Officials of the Corporation said that conservancy
workers who collected the waste from residents for Rs.2 per kg, sold it
to wholesalers. To create awareness of source segregation, Mayor
M.Subramanian on Monday distributed bins to residents of Tamil Nadu Slum
Clearance Board tenement at Satyamurthy Nagar, Teynampet.
The Mayor also distributed welfare assistance to three
persons under the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar marriage assistance
scheme on the occasion.