Thiruvananthapuram: City Corporation will set a large-scale cleaning drive which is specifically intended for cleaning plastic waste as part of the action plan on a complete plastic ban in the city.
The special council that met here on Monday approved an action plan.
Drive cleaning will be held on January 30.
Plastic waste on the streets and public places will be collected in 100 wards from 7am.
Residents, Students, NCC, NSS, Scouts and Guide, Population Associations, Youth Clubs, Non-Governmental Organizations, Various Political Organizations and Fishermen Organizations will take part in the cleaning drive.
It has also been decided to hold an environmental level committee before January 25 under the leadership of the Members of the Environmental Council and Junior Health Inspector.
The committee will decide for collection spots for dry waste and people who will collect dry waste.
Old clothes, bags, sandals must be taken to the environmental level collection center on January 22.
Glass waste must be collected on January 29.
The CFL tube must be collected at the storage center of each ward in February 5.
The Special Council also approved recommendations to the state government to include waste management as a research subject at school.
The Mayor of Arya Rajendran said that the initiative would make a new generation conscious about the harmful effects of using plastic.
The company plans to ban plastic bags under 100 microns in June 2022 and carry bags below 120 microns in December 2022 according to the direction of the Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change.
Failure in providing the right alternative always affects the corporate anti-plastic campaign.
Board members who talked about plastic prohibitions previously emphasized the need to ensure the right alternative.
In 2017, City Corporation has sold more than 10,000 fabric bags produced from five production units in the city.
Companies that plan aggressive entries to the fabric bag market after the prohibition of all types of carry bags must slow mainly due to differences in procurement and production costs.
It was in February 2017 that the Civic body has decided to introduce 30 lakh paper and cloth bags as an alternative to plastic carrying bags.
But the project failed to take off.
Committee chair Kemporas Health Jameela sreedharan said that units were being revived after engine maintenance.
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