The Hindu 27.12.2017
GHMC makes compost units mandatory
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has, on Tuesday, issued
orders making it mandatory for hotels and restaurants in the city
generating bulk waste, to establish a compost unit inside their
premises.
Citing the Soli Waste Management Rules, 2016, issued by
the union government, the corporation has asked the hotels and
restaurants generating more than 50 kilograms of waste per day to set up
compost units.
This will make the bulk generators responsible for
waste segregation and storage of organic waste at source point. A
compost unit may be set up in area ranging anywhere between 40 to 200
square yards, and does not require power, a press statement from GHMC
said.
The Swachh bharat Mission, in its guidelines, mentioned the
requirements for the units based on the size of the establishments, it
said.
Recently, orders were issued by the Director, Municipal
Administration, asking the all the municipal commissioners in Telangana
State, including that of GHMC, to identify the bulk waste generators,
and take necessary action.
They were also given instructions for collection of user charges towards recovering the cost.
In
the order however, bulk generators are defined as users which generate
over 100 kg of waste per day from a single premises. Majority of the big
hotels, restaurants and function halls fall in that category, but few
are complying with the norms.
The orders from the Municipal
Administration directorate came in view of the Union government’s
‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’, which mandates certain documentation and
implementation of reforms for scoring good marks.
Strict compliance
Previously, a circular too was issued with a slew of instructions for strict compliance with the regulations.
The
circular asked the municipal commissioners to see that all bulk
generators do waste segregation inside their premises, and have on-site
processing units for the organic waste.
Voluntary declaration
Officials
have informed that about 90 to 100 bulk waste generators including
hotels, restaurants, function halls, big complexes, hospitals, and malls
have been identified in GHMC limits, through voluntary declaration.