HKS makes good money through sale of waste
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Members earn over ₹2 lakh by selling waste to Clean Kerala Company and private players
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Members earn over ₹2 lakh by selling waste to Clean Kerala Company and private players
Haritha Karma Sena (HKS) members in nearly 40 local bodies in Ernakulam engaged in collection and segregation of plastic and other non-biodegradable waste earned revenue to the tune of ₹2.1 lakh through sale of waste to the government’s Clean Kerala Company and private players in a special two-week drive that ended on January 26.
The project assumed significance, as it was executed after Clean Kerala Company notified the base price per kilogram of segregated waste as per its type and classification. Private players had quoted higher rates than the base rate prescribed by the company, showing an increasing demand for segregated and cleaned-up waste in the recycling industry.
Local bodies told to give top priority to waste management
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Ernakulam has 30 local bodies with ‘clean’ status
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Ernakulam has 30 local bodies with ‘clean’ status
Around 60% of local bodies in Ernakulam that lag behind in implementing waste management systems need to gear up, as the government has made it clear that such proposals should be given top priority while envisaging annual projects for 2021-22.
An order issued by the Department of Local Self-Governments on January 11 said civic bodies were responsible for scientific management and disposal of waste under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Hence, local bodies will have to compulsorily take up waste management initiatives under their annual projects. Systems like material collection facilities, resource recovery facilities, source-level composting, and viability gap funding for Haritha Karma Sena members should figure in the project proposal of each local body in 2021-22, it s