Set up own wet waste mgmt system, TMC tells big socs & commercial units
(WorldNews India)

Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has instructed housing societies with 5,000 square metre area and commercial units generating over 100kg of waste daily to set up their own wet waste management systems before January 1, 2018. The TMC is in the process of dispatching notices to these societies and units citing a 2016 order on solid waste management by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which mandates residents to set up their own wet waste management systems in their complexes. Thane city generates around 750 metric tonne garbage daily and it is learnt that the civic body spends a considerable volume of manpower and resources to dispose it. A conservative estimate by...