Gurgaon: Almost a month after the corporation of the city of Gurgaon (MCG) began the separation of waste at the source, 65% of households still had not followed him.
According to data collected by the waste management of ecogreen concession holders, only 32% of households within the MCG boundaries that separate waste before giving it on November 25, which rose to 35% on December 5.
Ambitious MCG plans are only collected in waste November 11.
But most of the generator of bulk waste, including condo in zone-3 and zone-4 cities, still gives waste without separating it, with 29% separating their waste and the rest provide mixed waste.
Ecogreen collects this data from the area covered for waste collection.
“Of the 398 routes covered with our vehicles on November 25, separate waste of only 128 regions.
We have provided a checklist to the route driver, which collects data every day.
There is a need to change the behavior of people to achieve good results, which collaborate with MCG To start a conscious campaign, “said the Ecogreen General Manager (Operations) Sovendu Samandaray.
The meeting between MCG and Ecogreen officials to discuss the source of waste separation was also held on Monday.
Asks how MCG plans to increase these numbers and work to ensure that more people separate waste in the source, MCG Additional Commissioner Dr.
Vaishali Sharma, “We have formed seven teams to enforce the separation of the source and bring up Challans to violators.
MCG plans to take Strict actions on violators.
Continuous information, education and communication about separation, along with punishment, will definitely determine everything in time maturity.
“Residents and experts, meanwhile, say this city requires adequate infrastructure to ensure that Separation waste followed throughout.
“There needs to be a flow of waste management, where various types of waste are taken on the specified day.
The obstacles to achieving optimal separation are that we do not have appropriate waste processing to ensure that the separation of the source is actually followed,” said Ruchika Setri Takkar, the founder of why -Nigi your waste, citizen initiatives.
“On DLF-1, 2 and 3, only mixed waste is being collected.
This is a very dense area in Gurgaon.
Unless the mechanism is established for the proper separation of sources, collection and disposal and recovery, it will become a business as usual and will Produce more landfill, waste disposal and garbage burning, “said Parimal Chandra, former DLF-1 President H-Blok Rwa.