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.