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.
