Pune: Major City, Murlidhar Mohol, on Tuesday launched a thermocol recycling initiative together from Pune Municipal Corporation, collection of solid waste and handling collective wastepickers and KK NAG Private Limited.
The city produces around 0.4 -0.5 tons of thermocol waste every day and the initiative plans to overcome this problem by ensuring end-to-end collection, helps reduce the burden of the existing solid waste management system.
“Thermocol is a recycled material used primarily for packaging.
However, it is difficult to manage after the goods have been delivered safely.
1,500kg garbage collection vehicles from PMC can only carry around 50 kg of thermocol.
This is a waste of resources and increases expenses.
See all This, a 5-month pilot project was carried out in the city, where the thermocol waste 7.83 tons (7.830kg) was collected.
It saves 32 travel-operator-operator trips to landfills, increasing transportation efficiency and saving money for corporations.
Pune now will Have a sustainable thermocol recycling system in place, “said Harshad Bard, Director of Swach Pune.
Swach was involved with citizens, trained the wasepicker and PMC staff and monitored the system for separated handling of the thrown thermocol.
K K K Nag Pvt Ltd is recycling all thermocols in its own facilities and reuse the material, say statements issued by the company.
“Our goal is to ensure that there is no piece of thermocol used, take a walk within the boundaries of citizenship.
We want to collect each part, recycle and give it a new lease when ensuring that our roads are clean,” said Milon K Nag, Chairman and Managing Director of KK Nag Pvt Ltd Kunal Khemnar, Supplementary City Commissioner PMC, the word this initiative will help save spending on transportation and processing and also ensuring the thermocol is not seen on the streets of Pune.