Plastic Free Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari to become plastic- free district



Within two months, says District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo



ON ENVIRONMENT: Kanyakumari District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo interacting with sanitary workers.

NAGERCOIL:Kanyakumari would be declared as plastic free district within two months.

So, solid waste management committees were set up in six tourist places to create awareness among the people to prevent use of plastics and segregation of non-recyclable plastics in their areas, said the Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo.

Inaugurating an awareness rally at Kanyakumari on Thursday, he said that five-member committee had been formed in all wards of Nagercoil and Padmanabhapuram municipalities, Kanyakumari, Suchindurum and Thirparappu town panchayats and Vellancode village panchayat in Chitaral.

Around 1.20 lakh tonnes of solid waste was being generated every day in India.
Co-fuel

In Kanyakumari district, 1,000 to 1,500 kg of non-recyclable waste was being generated every day. Non-recyclable plastic was first used as a co-fuel in Associated Cement Company at Kymore in Madhya Pradesh in March 2008. Based on the success story, it has been decided to use non-recyclable waste from Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts as co-fuel in India Cements at Thazayuthu in Tirunelveli district. Under co-processing of plastic waste in cement kiln programme, it has been decided to collect five tonnes of plastic waste from these districts every day and use as a co-fuel in India Cements. The authorities could save one per cent of the total fuel used in the factory by burning non-recyclable waste.
Eco-friendly

This was an eco-friendly fuel. The Assistant Engineer of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, P.Kirubanantha Rajan, said that the solid waste management committees would ensure to convert the district in to plastic free in the next two months.

Rally

A massive awareness rally would be conducted at five places in Nagercoil on November 9.
Competition

The Chief Education Officer has requested to conduct slogan writing competition to stress the need to create awareness on preventing use of non-recyclable plastics in all schools through out the district and the District Collector would distribute prizes to the winners in December.

He also sought the co-operation of the people for the successful implementation of the programme with an ultimate aim to declare Kanyakumari as plastic free district.
source:www.hindu.com