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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation aims to reduce daily waste dumped at Pirana by 200 MT

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is claiming that the waste segregation drive will be successful in reducing the waste dumped at the site by at least 200 metric tonne.

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At present, AMC collects around 3700 metric tonnes of solid waste every day
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The civic body is hopeful about reducing daily waste generation and subsequent disposal at Pirana after December 2, 2018. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is claiming that the waste segregation drive will be successful in reducing the waste dumped at the site by at least 200 metric tonne. At present, the AMC collects around 3,700 metric tonnes of solid waste every day.

"At present, the civic body collects 3,700 metric tonnes of solid waste daily. Of which around 1900 metric tonne gets recycled at different plants, with around 100 metric tonnes of material being recovered at the refuse transfer stations on a daily basis," said Mukesh Gandhvi, deputy municipal commissioner, AMC.

"We expect that after segregation of waste at source, people will understand the value of waste. Some of the waste such as plastic bottles, plastic material, cardboard and paper will be churned out at the source itself. Then our door-to-door vehicles will take the segregated waste to the refuse transfer stations, where the Sakhi Mandal's workers will further segregate and recover recyclable and sellable items," added Gadhvi.

On December 2, 2018, the civic body will reach out to citizens asking them to dispose segregated waste only. As many as 40,000 people from the AMC will take part in the drive. Interestingly, the civic body had not informed its own councillors about the drive. Hence, on Wednesday, Mayor Bijal Patel had to announce the same and educate the house about the civic body's plan

THE DRIVE

On December 2, 2018, the civic body will reach out to citizens asking them to dispose segregated waste only. As many as 40,000 people from AMC will take part in the drive.

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