GUWAHATI, Feb 24 � Environment activist group �Environ� has reiterated its appeal to the people of Guwahati not to dump their waste plastic and glass in public places or in the drains. The people can sell such non-biodegradable wastes at the rates of Rs 10 per kg of waste plastic and Rs 1 against each kg of waste glass or exchange such wastes against ginger and garlic of the same value, said the environment activist group.
The group has been collecting such solid wastes against garlic and ginger in the city for the past about one year. The project is restricted in the GMC wards 55 and 59 with two numbers of specially designed cycle-vans �Seuj Bahan.� Plans are afoot to spread the campaign to other areas of the country too in the near future, said the group.
In the first phase of its activities Environ is collecting all types of carrybags, pouch packs of vegetable oil and milk, broken plastic bucket and mug, all types of plastic bottles and containers, plastic cups, etc., and glass bottles. The idea of offering ginger and garlic is to attract the housewife, who is usually handling the household solid wastes.
The Public Health Engineering department of the State recently engaged the group to collect the non-biodegradable solid wastes, besides the biodegradable wastes in Central Sualkuchi Gaon Panchayat areas as part of the plan to develop the Gaon Panchayat into an ideal Gaon Panchayat.
The group has planned to use the non-biodegradable wastes for reprocessing and to use the biodegradable wastes for the purpose of creating compost.
GUWAHATI, Feb 24 � Environment activist group �Environ� has reiterated its appeal to the people of Guwahati not to dump their waste plastic and glass in public places or in the drains. The people can sell such non-biodegradable wastes at the rates of Rs 10 per kg of waste plastic and Rs 1 against each kg of waste glass or exchange such wastes against ginger and garlic of the same value, said the environment activist group.
The group has been collecting such solid wastes against garlic and ginger in the city for the past about one year. The project is restricted in the GMC wards 55 and 59 with two numbers of specially designed cycle-vans �Seuj Bahan.� Plans are afoot to spread the campaign to other areas of the country too in the near future, said the group.
In the first phase of its activities Environ is collecting all types of carrybags, pouch packs of vegetable oil and milk, broken plastic bucket and mug, all types of plastic bottles and containers, plastic cups, etc., and glass bottles. The idea of offering ginger and garlic is to attract the housewife, who is usually handling the household solid wastes.
The Public Health Engineering department of the State recently engaged the group to collect the non-biodegradable solid wastes, besides the biodegradable wastes in Central Sualkuchi Gaon Panchayat areas as part of the plan to develop the Gaon Panchayat into an ideal Gaon Panchayat.
The group has planned to use the non-biodegradable wastes for reprocessing and to use the biodegradable wastes for the purpose of creating compost.
