Residents join hands to make Gurugram garbage-free

Gurugram: Amidst the growing tussle over the contract of waste collection agency Eco Green company should be extended, residents are now doing their bit for making Gurugram a garbage-free city.

In the span of a few months, four residential societies have set up the composting units in their backyard to recycle the waste. The latest condominium society to open a composting unit is Silver Oaks apartments situated along the Gurugram – Faridabad road.

With the total cost of Rs 10 lakh, the composting units have the capacity to treat over 25 tonnes of waste on monthly basis. Residents of the society claim that already 3,000 kilograms of manure has been processed from the units which are now being used for maintaining the gardens in the condominium that is spread across the area of 14 acres.

With the process of composting gaining ground, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has also got its act together.

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has already announced the plans to purchase the materials created through the process of composting at Rs 5 per kg.

Recently, the MCG commissioner Yashapal Yadava had a meeting with various bodies who are indulging in the process and have extended the corporation's support. Currently, 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 colour and green colour for segregation of the waste. The green bin will contain all the biodegradable waste products like kitchen waste, food waste, and horticulture waste.

The Red bin is supposed to contain non-biodegradable waste and recyclable dry waste products like paper, bulb, tube lights, plastic, glass and wooden materials which are then processed to make various biodegradable materials like manure, utensils, and bags.

Decomposition of plastic waste also being a major issue, some of the residents have also taken up in recycling the plastic waste which is still in its initial stages.