As a month-long pilot project, the City Corporation, which started collecting electronic waste (e-waste) to prevent heavy metals and toxic wastes ending up in landfills, vacant plots and water bodies has achieved considerable results by safely and scientifically disposing 2 MT of e-waste in the past month.
As per the plan the city corporation designated five collection points, for this purpose in each of the five zones. Hazardous e-waste including damaged bulbs, tube lights, mobile chargers, computer hardware, and other electronic item are being collected by the sanitary workers during the door-to-door waste collection as a source-segregated waste.
According to corporation officials a Thuraiyuar - based recycler has been roped in to recycle the waste scientifically and as per norms.
The pilot project has helped the civic body to collect and safely dispose 2 metric tons of hazardous e-waste during the month- long pilot project and two batches of e-waste consignment have been already sent to the agency’s facility for recycling.
However, to give further impetus to the e-waste recycling and to make it part of the source-segregation of every household in the city, the civic body has plans to a create awareness campaign among residents and business houses on the safe disposal of e-waste disposal in the coming days.
