Now discard plastic bottle and get paytm coupon in return

Gururgam: To reduce the use of single plastic in Gurugram, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has started an initiative wherein for discarding plastic bottles and stuffs made of plastic, incentives will be given.

These incentives include paytm coupons to even grain of rice. As of now, four machines have been installed in the MCG office where these facilities are going to be provided.

Ten children who are working as ragpickers have also availed the facility of discarding the plastic and getting the grain of rice in return.

The new initiative by the public agency comes at a time when there are efforts to reduce the usage of single plastic in the city. According to sources, there are also plans by the public agency to levy fines on those persons that use the single plastic.

The MCG has also earmarked the budget to purchase the plastic from the rag pickers.

It is planned that over 25 centers will be set up in various parts of the city where the waste collectors can come and sell the plastic waste to the

officials.

The municipal body is also arranging meetings with various resident bodies to compost the waste and reduce the large amount of waste that is generated from the city.

Presently the garbage from Gurugram as well as Faridabad is being dumped at the 30 acres landfill site which is situated at the Aravallis forest range.

Under the process of composting, the resident bodies have been explained to keep two separate bins of red color and green color for segregation of the waste.

The green bin will contain all the bio-degradable waste products like kitchen waste, food waste, and horticulture waste.

The Red bin will contain non-biodegradable waste and recyclable dry waste products like paper, bulb, tube lights, plastic, glass, and wooden materials.

The materials are then processed to make various biodegradable materials like manure, utensils, and bags.

With the decomposition of plastic waste also being a major issue some of the residents have also taken up in recycling the plastic waste which is in the initial stages.