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Chennai GCC Sets September 1 Waste Segregation Deadline
The Greater Chennai Corporation wants large waste producers to sort their garbage where it is created.
They must keep biodegradable, non-biodegradable, sanitary and hazardous waste separate.
This rule will be enforced from September 1.
Officials may fine people or establishments that do not follow it.
The Corporation is also teaching households how to separate their waste.
These lessons started in southern Chennai and will later reach other areas.
Workers are removing old waste from three major dumpyards through a process called biomining.
This work has already helped reclaim land at the dumpyards.
The Greater Chennai Corporation set September 1 as the deadline for bulk waste generators to segregate waste at source.
Generators must separate biodegradable, non-biodegradable, sanitary and hazardous waste and hand it over separately.
Officials were directed to intensify enforcement, conduct awareness campaigns and impose fines for non-compliance.
Door-to-door awareness campaigns began in southern Chennai, with campaigns planned for the northern and central regions.
Biomining has reclaimed land and removed legacy waste at the Perungudi, Kodungaiyur and Athipattu dumpyards.
- Who
- The Greater Chennai Corporation, Commissioner G.S. Sameeran and civic officials.
- What
- Bulk waste generators must segregate waste at source and hand over separate waste streams.
- Where
- Chennai, including the southern, northern and central regions, and the Perungudi, Kodungaiyur and Athipattu dumpyards.
- When
- The deadline is September 1; awareness campaigns began on Saturday.
- Why
- To improve solid waste management, enforce segregation and remove legacy waste from dumpyards.
Key facts
- Deadline
- September 1
- Required waste categories
- Biodegradable, non-biodegradable, sanitary and hazardous waste
- Enforcement
- Officials will monitor compliance and impose fines for violations
- Perungudi biomining
- The first phase reclaimed 94 acres; 28,000 metric tonnes has been removed in the second phase so far
- Kodungaiyur biomining
- 44 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste has been removed, reclaiming 16 acres
- Athipattu biomining
- 36,000 metric tonnes has been removed in the second phase
- Awareness campaigns
- Door-to-door campaigns began in southern Chennai and will later cover northern and central regions
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