Tiruchi Corporation to launch awareness drive on e-waste segregation
The Tiruchi Corporation is launching an awareness campaign to improve public compliance with e-waste segregation following a poor response to a pilot program. The city has partnered with a private agency and a recycler to manage the collection and processing of hazardous electronic items.
Why it matters
Effective e-waste management is essential for urban environmental sustainability and public health in rapidly growing Indian cities.
Tiruchi Corporation is set to launch an awareness campaign to encourage residents and commercial establishments to segregate electronic waste and hand it over separately to sanitation workers during door-to-door waste collection.
The move follows a poor response to a pilot initiative launched across all five zones towards the end of August to collect e-waste separately. The initiative aims at preventing discarded electrical and electronic items containing hazardous substances from being dumped in public places.
Residents can hand over discarded items such as bulbs, tube lights, lamps, batteries, electrical wiring, cords, mobile phone chargers, electronic toys, smartwatches, computer components and other electronic equipment to sanitation workers.
The task has been outsourced to a private agency entrusted with the collection, segregation, transportation and processing of solid waste generated in all 65 wards of the city.
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