Maradu Municipality to incorporate suggestions from public in draft policy on waste management
1 year, 4 months ago

Maradu Municipality to incorporate suggestions from public in draft policy on waste management

The Hindu  

The Maradu Municipality has initiated steps to formulate a five-year plan to ensure effective waste management. “The long-term waste management project is being implemented in association with the Local Self-Government department, World Bank, and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The municipal chairman said the plastic processing unit near Gregorian Public School at Maradu would have a new conveyor belt system to sort materials. On the updated status of steps being taken to decentralise food waste management, he said bio bins and bio compost units had been distributed to nearly 6,300 households.

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