Marriage halls to segregate waste for recycling in Erode

The Erode Siragugal and Yaan Foundation have launched an initiative to segregate and recycle waste generated at marriage halls and other public events, with a pilot exercise conducted at a marriage hall in the city recently.

Under the initiative, waste generated during an event was segregated into different drums. The waste included vegetable scraps, grocery and oil covers, used banana leaves, leftover food, plastic sweet covers, tissue papers, tea and water cups, plastic bottles, stage decoration materials, binding wires and flowers. The groups also weighed the waste to assess the quantity generated from a single marriage hall. Biodegradable waste was sent to be converted into manure for agricultural use, while non-biodegradable waste was transported to a segregation facility for further sorting and recycling.