Settlement of 50 wet waste in societies required: Mayor - New

Society and colonies in Delhi will have to resolve 50% wet waste itself. Environmentalists said it would reduce waste in landfills. The mayor said that 11500 tonnes of garbage are released daily in Delhi, of which only 7000 tons of processes. So far, 1,000 colonies have been converted into zero waste colonies, which offers 300 metric tons of waste. State Bureau, New -Delhi. It is necessary to do 50 percent wet waste near societies and colonies in Delhi. This will prevent this waste from reaching landfills. It was said by environmentalists during a one -day national conference on the transformational approach to continuous management of fixed waste. The conference was attended by Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, District Officer of Western Delhi and the former Deputy Commissioner of City Sadar Paharganj Zone, Vandana Rao, Bharat Pollution Control Association (IPCA) founder and director Ashish Junk Director Dr Radha Goyal and Many Other. At the conference, the mayor said Delhi has a population of three crores. Below is a total of 11,500 tons of garbage daily. From this, the corporation processes about seven thousand tons of waste. While four thousand metric tons of garbage reach all three landfills. In light of the current situation, it is very important to dispose of waste in the societies and colonies in Delhi. 50 percent of the wet waste must be discarded in societies. It will solve the problem to eliminate the garbage and take it to a large extent to the landfill. Ashish Jain, 300 metric tons of zero -West garbage process, said that about a thousand colonies in Delhi have so far been turned into zero waste colonies in Delhi. This helped to process the garbage that comes from society. Now 300 tonnes of garbage are processed from all this zero waste colonies. In the required conference of the identity of producers of solid waste, experts also talked about identifying the bulk West crash generator to reduce the garbage coming out in Delhi. The municipal corporation has begun the registration of various commercial businesses that produce 100 kg or more garbage per day. Such producers of fixed waste (bulk waste generators) will have to register before the corporation. On this topic, Ashish Jain said that societies and colonies to five thousand square kilometers should also be brought under the category of producers of solid waste. It is also necessary to identify producers of fixed waste in Delhi. So that the actual status of garbage that comes from each area of ​​Delhi can be assessed.