Jammu, Feb 20: The Jammu Municipal Corporation signed two Memorandums of Understanding with the United Nations Development Programme, and Indian Pollution Control Association to make Jammu plastic-free.
Avny Lavasa, Municipal Commissioner, JMC said that one is the Indian Pollution Control Association and the other is the United Nations Development Programme. Both have the fundamental basis of door-to-door garbage collection.
We along with the IPCA collect garbage from the old city markets. Due to our segregation awareness, 60-70 per cent of garbage comes properly segregated. We take them to segregation centres and then, recyclable waste, mainly plastic, are sent to factories for reuse.
She also informed that at present, around 80 per cent door-to-door garbage collection is done within the limits of the JMC. We have the target to achieve 100 per cent in the next two-to-three months.
She further added that with the permission of the government, two new waste management plants are in the pipeline in Jammu. Till date, tonnes of plastic have been recycled in this scheme from Jammu. This will directly improve the environment of Jammu city.
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