ROKA’s 10th waste collection drive on February 1 and 2
The Hindu
The waste collection drive is spread across five centres in Chennai
Residents of Kasturbanagar Association (ROKA) has inked in its 10th waste collection drive — based on the theme “Together We Can” — for February 1 and 2, 2025 (from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m on both days). The drive is spread across five centres.
(ROKA) has been in the solid waste management and environment work since 2018 and has so far, through just its collection drives, diverted close to 60 MT of waste into effective processing, says a press release.
The items that are being handed over can be in any condition but should be clean and dry. Items that are soiled and dirty would be rejected, the press release adds.
The following categories of items can be brought to the collection points — clothes; footwear; bags; e-waste; tablet strips; ballpoint pens; mattresses/ pillows (accepted only at the collection point in Adyar); X ray films; glass bottles; hard and soft plastics and newspaper and books
Many apartment communities in Perumbakkam, Adambakkam and residents associations in Kotturpuram, Nawab Gardens, Vadapalani, Karpagam Gardens are part of this drive, the release adds. The recycling partners are: Recycle Mart, SPRECO Recycling Pvt. Ltd., and Wasted 360.
For more details, call 86674 99135.
The collection centres
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