The Corporation of Madurai has announced that bulk garbage generators (over 100 kg a day) should establish their own compost bins.
Residential apartments or industrial units or hotels and restaurants with a carpet area of over 5,000 sq. ft. must have their own arrangements on their campus.
According to Corporation Commissioner Sandeep Nanduri, “Users must segregate waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable on their own premises. We are planning to introduce this new arrangement from April 1," he told reporters on Saturday. As per Central government rule under Section 3(8), 4(6), 4(7) and Section 4(8) of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, bulk garbage generators need to have in-house infrastructure to treat waste. Though the rule shall not apply for individual households, it would be welcome if they too segregated the waste and helped the Corporation by handing it over to the garbage collectors.
Workshops and awareness programmes for residents’ welfare associations and others would be conducted by Corporation officials in all the four zones soon. The meeting would disseminate details of methods to construct compost pits or ready-made bins available in the market, depending on the size and requirement.
Exnora’s assistance
With Exnora’s assistance, the Corporation had been producing manure from waste collected from vegetable markets in and around Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and other areas, Mr. Nanduri said.
In Ellis Nagar
Close to 500 residents in Ellis Nagar had been using these bins, he said and added that as part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives, business houses and public sector undertakings were welcome to contribute for the project. Ultimately, the objective was to keep the city clean.
Notices would be issued to bulk generators from Monday and the deadline for setting up the infrastructure was March 31, he added.
