MCG teams up with schools, NGOs, RWAs on waste segregation

Gurugram, Dec 22 : In a unique initiative, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has decided to seek help from city-based private and government schools, NGOs and RWAs to explain the process of waste segregation to the city’s residents.
Under this initiative, the civic body had recently organised an online meet along with the school principals of nearly 100 schools and had asked them to educate their students and parents through online processes about waste segregation.
Apart from this the MCG will also seek help from the NGOs and RWA representatives to explain to people of their societies and across the district on how to deal with waste segregation.
Besides this, the civic body will also observe a zero-waste day on December 25, during which the civic body will only collect wet waste from households across the city.
According to the MCG joint commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, who is also the civic body’s nodal officer for the Swachh Bharat Mission, the reason behind this action is to educate the people about pros and cons of waste and secondly to develop the habit of waste segregation across the city.
“The objective behind this initiative is to make residents aware of the several types of waste segregation and its benefits. We want residents to know that wet waste will help in generation of compost and dry waste objects can also be recycled and reused. With this method, the district will produce limited waste,” said Kumar.