MCC OPENS COLLECTION CENTRE FOR E-WASTE
National Tele24 News
Vinay kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS,
Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has launched an e-waste
collection centre in the MCC campus to create awareness about proper disposal
of electronic waste. As a part of ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, the collection
centre has been started to get rid of the waste responsibly so that it does not
pollute the environment, said the Commissioner. She said that this centre has
been set up in association with “Karo Sambhav”, working in the field of
collection of e-waste management that will further take care of the e-waste
collected in the centre. She said that it is normal for people to dump
e-waste in garbage what seems innocuous comes back to the society, causing
harm. The NGO will dispose it responsibly and it will also provide the MCC a
report on the amount of e-waste generated with the centre. She said that this
centre is a bid to segregate e-waste from domestic biodegradable waste and
dispose it off to authorized recyclers. She said that the Municipal Corporation itself
generated huge quantity of e-waste including old desktops, keyboards, mouse,
laptops and mobile phones etc. which will be deposited in the e-waste
collection centre now and the necessary directions have been issued to the
concerned offices. She said that the employees have also been advised to
collect the e-waste generated in their household be deposited in the centre
responsibly. She said that while
importance has been accorded to the disposal of conventional wet waste and
other biodegradable waste from commercial areas and residences, e-waste
collection and disposal had not received adequate focus. She appealed the
residents of city beautiful to dispose off their e-waste separately for
recycling it responsibly and do not mix it with other type of household waste.
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