Category : E - Waste | Location : Odisha | Posted on 2021-08-31 00:06:06
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to write to the government and private offices to make an inventory of the e-waste so as to dispose them in the on-going drive carried out by the BMC every Saturday.
“We are carrying out the drive every Saturday for household collection of e-waste. But offices have bulk of such waste. We will write to them to prepare an inventory, which can be shared with us so that we know the status of e-waste pile up in offices. Accordingly, we will plan collection and disposal,” said BMC deputy commissioner (sanitation) Suvendu Sahu.
In 2018, the BMC had launched e-waste-free Bhubaneswar programme. But now, based on the fresh guidelines issued by the housing and urban development department (H&UD), the e-waste collection and disposal have been taken up.
The smart city being home to several offices and institutions, it has always remained a challenge to dispose the bulk of such e-waste.
