DOMBIVLI: Around 700 citizens handed over recyclable dry waste at 25 special collection centres set up by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Sunday, as part of the civic body’s monthly “First Sunday – Dry Waste” drive.
Residents brought plastic, cloth, glass, e-waste, thermocol and old furniture to the centres, which have been set up across the KDMC area to collect the reusable parts of dry waste separately.
The drive is held on the first Sunday of every month on the directions of KDMC mayor Adv Harshali Vijay Choudhary-Thavil and municipal commissioner Abhinav Goyal, under the guidance of deputy commissioner (solid waste management) Ramdas Kokare.
Strong response in Dombivli
In Dombivli, residents turned up at the centres at Ganesh Mandir, the KDMC ward office, Tilaknagar and Rotary Bhavan with plastic, e-waste, cloth, thermocol, and glass and plastic bottles they had saved at home over the month.
‘Use, store and hand over’
Goyal, who visited the collection centres along with Kokare, said he was pleased that a new approach to waste management was taking shape, with people moving from “use and throw” to “use, store and hand over”.
He also praised Urja Foundation, Tilaknagar Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, Rotary Club and Nirmal Foundation for taking part in the collection drive on the first Sunday of every month.
