NEW DELHI: In a bid to better their fight against single-use plastics, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched “Eco Hub on Wheels” in Najafgarh district on December 23. The “Eco Hub” is aimed to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic waste at one spot altogether and plastic waste would be exchanged with cloth, jute bags, manure, discounted coupons and T-shirts or sweaters here. The vehicle was launched by Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Leader of House, Delhi Assembly, Rajdutt Gehlot, Deputy Mayor, SDMC and Sanjay Sahai, Deputy Commissioner, Najafgarh. In exchange of 5kg of dry waste like papers, cardboard, plastic items, old steel items, glass bottles, etc., the citizens of SDMC area can now avail 20 per cent discount on food coupons, T-shirts etc. The vehicle was launched by the corporation on December 13 and is slowly being expanded throughout the area in a bid to discourage people from using single-use plastics.
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