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MC starts door-to-door collection of e-waste

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BHUBHANESHWAR: The Bhubhaneshwar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on July 24 launched door-to-door collection of electronic waste in the city. The Corporation announced that will run the e-waste collection drive every Saturday.

For the first time in India, a drive has been started in a city to put a stop to littering of e-waste and mixing of e-waste with municipal solid waste. BMC is aiming to ensure segregation of waste at sources with this drive. In the early phase, ten wards of the BMC is to have this facility. Laxmikanta Sethi, Additional Commissioner, said that Swacch Sathis (Municipal workers) will inform residents about the days when they will visit their areas for the collection of e-waste during the awareness drive. The state pollution board has authorized the e-waste collectors for the drive.  

The e-waste thus collected will be then taken to the material recovery facility (MRF). MRF has been opened near the micro-composting centre in the city.

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