update on the waste segregation issue in Coimbatore

Q: Hey, i'm a very cleanliness conscious person, and wanted to ask what is the latest update about the waste segregation drive in the city?

sathiya seelan, Coimbatore

11th March 2015

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This is so relieving to hear, since i have been bothered by the waste management issues in Coimbatore for quite some time now. Thankfully this initiative seems to positively influence the waste segregation, and this will only lead to better things in the future.

Pooja Iyer, Coimbatore

16th March 2015

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Did you know that On March 9 it was 766 tonnes as against 361 tonnes on March 8 (reduction due to Sunday) and 882 tonnes on March 7. On March 6, the waste collected was 910 tonnes, the sources point out, contending claims that no real segregation takes place.

Revathy N., Coimbatore

15th March 2015

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Here is some not so inspiring news; sources in Vellalore say that the waste that arrives at the dump yard is still mixed and that indicates that no real segregation takes place. Plus, there has been no real reduction in the quantity of waste.

Tina Kumar, Coimbatore

15th March 2015

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I know that what is holding them back at present is the absence of redesigned push carts. Luckily the Coimbatore Corporation has ordered for and distributed new, redesigned bins to workers. This will help boost the clean up drive in the city.

Shruthi Kishore, Coimbatore

14th March 2015

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The Corporation collects 850 to 900 tonnes a day on an average. In the coming days, the quantity of waste going to Vellalore will further come down once all the workers in all the wards collect waste in segregated fashion

Sandeep Krishna, Coimbatore

14th March 2015

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The net result of the segregated collection is that the quantity of waste getting transported to the transit stations and Vellalore had come down, the sources say and add that in the past 10 days or so the quantity had come down by 100 to 150 tonnes a day

Abhishek Iyer, Coimbatore

13th March 2015

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Another great news that i came across, the Corporation has tied up with a few agencies that will buy the dry, recyclable waste by paying the workers on a per kg basis. This would really give incentive to the agencies to work harder.

Kishore Kumar, Coimbatore

13th March 2015

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i heard some sources say the effort to collect segregated waste is slowly catching up and this can be gauged from the fact that the ward offices are full of dry, recyclable waste that will fetch the workers money.

Sandhya Prasad, Coimbatore

12th March 2015

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The workers are asking residents to segregate the waste into wet and dry waste as they further segregate the dry waste to sell them off to recyclers for money. The dry waste is now stacked up at the ward offices. The workers send only the wet waste from the wards to the transit stations and then to Vellalore dump yard.

Naduveetil Rajgopal, Coimbatore

12th March 2015

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Well as far as i know, sources in Coimbatore Corporation say that the exercise that started along with the attempt is continuing as conservancy workers go house-to-house with their new pushcarts asking for waste in segregated fashion.

Rajeev Srinivasan, Coimbatore

12th March 2015

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Hey, there seems to be a positive fallout to the Coimbatore Corporation postponing the Guinness World Record attempt at having the largest number of people for litter collection. Collection of segregated waste at source, which was stepped up as part of the campaign for the record, has started picking up.

Manikandan Swami, Coimbatore

11th March 2015

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