Mangaluru: Want to ease the burden in solid waste management centers assigned to process excessive wet waste, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has ordered all apartment complexes that have been identified as mass waste generators to arrange in place.
Compost unit before October 31.
And even though only three days have not passed for deadlines, almost 90% of the apartment complex has not obeyed orders.
Failure to comply with orders by preparing composting units will invite fines from MCC.
According to data from MCC, there are 2,337 bulk waste generators throughout the city, where 1,500 is an apartment complex, 450 is a hotel and restaurant, 11 is a market, 105 convention centers and 271 health centers and health centers.
So far, only 128 of these mass waste generators founded composite units.
Commissioner MCC Akshy Sridhar, citing the rules for managing solid waste 2016 and MCC solid waste processing regulations, said that the apartment complex with more than 30 units must be required to have a composting unit in place to process wet waste at the source.
“We have issued a notification of several occasions, and released a statement in the press asking for the management of this bulk waste generator to regulate composting units.
But our order has not been considered.
The apartment failed to comply with the rules.
Now, every flat must pay a fine of Rs 15 per month on the month November, the amount to be increased to RS 25 the following month.
Waste will not be collected from this apartment complex, and the action begins with the bulk waste generator, if they refuse to pay a fine, “said Sridhar Toi.
Mueri about the difficulties built by many old apartment complexes built more than two decades faced in preparing composting units due to space constraints, said Commissioner MCC, “Small compost bins can be installed, but they will be managed by dedicated personnel.” Compost Pot: Maya Mangaluru Ramakrishna compact solution seems to have fallen on the ideal solution for the apartment complex struggling to find space for composting units: compost pots.
Convener of Mangaluru Ramakrishna Mission Swachh Mangaluru Swami Ekaganyananda said that the unique compost unit of pots requires all one square foot.
“These units can be placed on the balcony or on the roof.
Flat in many apartment complexes in Mangaluru have used the compost unit of pots to process wet waste.
We have distributed these units for free,” said Swami Ekaganyananda.