The Hindu               03.01.2014

Tirur town goes plastic-free

Tirur town was declared plastic-free on Thursday, thanks to a joint initiative by the Tirur Chamber of Commerce and Tirur municipality.

All houses, business establishments, and educational institutions are being given bags for collecting plastic waste.

The waste thus collected will be taken away by a firm for disposal every week. The municipality has made an agreement with a Nilambur-based group for plastic collection.

The Tirur Chamber of Commerce is supplying bags to all houses and other establishments in the town.

“The project is being piloted in the town. In the next phase, it will be expanded to other wards of the municipality,” said P.P. Abdul Rahman, general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. C. Mammootty, MLA, inaugurated the project at a function held at Tirur on Thursday. Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University Vice Chancellor K. Jayakumar was the chief guest.

Tirur Chamber of Commerce president P.A. Bava, Tirur municipal chairperson K. Safiya, vice-chairman Raman Kutty, municipal standing committee chairman for health P.I. Raghunath, Deputy Superintendent of Police K.M. Saidali, and Mr. Abdul Rahman spoke.