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Private company approaches Corporation for plastic waste

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It is willing to buy plastic waste at the rate of Rs.2 a kg

— Photo: S. R. Raghunathan

FOR CLEANLINESS: Mayor M.Subramanian distributing garbage bins to residents of Kothvalchavadi housing board tenements on Friday. Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni is also in the picture.

CHENNAI: A private company has approached the Chennai Corporation with a proposal to purchase all kinds of plastic waste for its use.

An official of the civic body told The Hindu that the company, part of the TVS Group, was willing to buy the plastic waste on payment of a maximum of Rs.2 a kg. The company was already procuring plastic waste from Neel Metal Fanalca, the private company involved in garbage collection in four zones in the city.

NMF associate vice president T.Palanichamy said they were being paid at the rate of Rs.3.50 a kg by the TVS group company, which procures about five tonnes of the waste per day.

Earlier addressing a function to launch distribution of the garbage bins for source segregation in predominantly low income group pockets in the city on Friday, Mayor M.Subramanian said the bids for processing waste at the Kodungaiyur garbage dump yard have been scrutinised. The final bid will be placed before the Chennai Corporation Council for its approval in a few days. He said the company getting the contract would separate methane gas, burn and use it for producing electricity.

The Mayor said the Corporation had procured a total of 4,31,986 red and green bins at a cost of little under Rs.50.97 lakh from the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) to be distributed to the households. A total of 77 compactors have been purchased at a cost of Rs.13.77 crore.

Since June the Corporation had also collected Rs.27 lakh fine from those who dumped construction debris and garbage on the roads.

Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni said the tender for processing waste at the Perungudi dump yard had been finalised and the project was awaiting approval from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. Urging the public to cooperate and segregate garbage at their homes, he said the Corporation had taken steps to consolidate and improve the garbage collection system.

Deputy Mayor R.Sathyabhama said households should keep the bins covered.

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