Noida citizens collect 20 tonnes of plastic waste
Noida, Oct. 2: Over 21,000 citizens turned up for a plog run in Noida on Wednesday to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary and collected about 20 tonnes of plastic waste which will now be converted to energy, officials said.
Residents, including schoolchildren, market associations, colleges, hotels, and business groups joined the plog run “Fit India, Clean India, and Plastic-free India”. The Noida Authority had identified 100 spots across the city for the activity, which involved picking up litter while jogging.
“Around 21,308 citizens had registered for the plog run and they turned up today (Wednesday). About 20 tonnes of plastic waste was picked up by them, which was collected at the Noida Stadium in Sector 21. The plastic waste thus collected will be handed over to the waste-to-energy plant in Delhi’s Okhla, to be consumed by cement manufacturers and some thermal plants,” said Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari.
A cultural programme, Rangotsav, was held to inaugurate theme paintings at various public places while hundreds of schoolchildren formed a human chain to raise awareness about waste management, officials said.
A plastic disposal machine, to be used to crush plastic bottles and collect plastic bags which are otherwise thrown away and pollute the environment, was inaugurated by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) at the Sector 51 Metro station. —