The Hindu 09.11.2013
Kovilpatti focuses on cleaning up e-waste
Kovilpatti Environment League has gone a step further to
clean the environment by collecting e-wastes, according to K. Vijaya
Karthikeyan, Sub Collector of Kovilpatti.
Through
this programme, the students and the public would also be guided to
dispose of e-wastes at collection points established at vital
installations in Kovilpatti, he said here on Friday. E-wastes generated
at workplaces, houses and other companies could be disposed of in the
collection points set up at Kovilpatti old bus stand, railway station
besides school premises in Kovilpatti.
Students from 19 schools in Kovilpatti would be involved in collecting the e-waste.
With
active participation of Kovilpatti Rotary club and voluntary
organisations, the volunteers had stuck posters indicating the locations
of collection points.
He said a meeting would be
convened with the principals of the schools on Monday to devise
strategies for promoting the programme. During a week-long programme
from October 21, many students had volunteered to collect plastic
bottles and paper wastes found in and around school campuses.
The programme launched by the league since its inception evoked a good response from the public.
“Since
Kovilpatti is witnessing a considerable growth of floating population,
top priority is accorded to maintain the town clean”, the Sub Collector
said.
Plans were also afoot to spread this
environment friendly initiative in all 36 wards under Kovilpatti
Municipality limits with the involvement of environmental activists, the
Sub Collector added.
