THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Over 90apartment complexes in the city have tied up with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) to set up bio-bins in their compounds to tackle the garbage management crisis faced by the capital.
"Four bio-bins have been installed to process the garbage collected from 86 apartment units in our complex. The waste is segregated at source level for which we have provided three buckets -- one to store plastic waste, the second to store waste like hair, coconut fibre and paper that can be burnt and the third for kitchen waste," said C M Harshan, secretary of Horizon Park, an apartment complex in the city.
The kitchen waste is deposited in a perforated bin which contains lab-cultured bacteria similar to the ones found in manure. When the wet waste comes in contact with the bacteria, it slowly turns into hard and dry compost that can be used as fertilizer. It takes 15 days to complete the process.
"We initially collected Rs 3,000 from each flat owner towards the cost of setting up the bio-bins and the construction of a shed for housing the bins. Now, the only recurring cost is Rs 120 per month, per apartment, which goes towards disposing off the plastic waste and paying the Credai supervisors," said Harshan.
Plastic collected from the apartments are sealed in sacks and disposed off once in every six months. Simon Cherian, the project manager for Credai, said disposing plastic remains a major worry as it is turning out to be expensive. Around 35% of the apartment complexes in the city which have adopted the bio-bin way of disposing garbage have now tied up with Horticorp to start terrace cultivation using the compost they generate.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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