Twin dustbins, now steel ones, make a return to city | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: After around seven years, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has again started installing twin dustbins across the city to check littering, replacing the earlier plastic bins with stainless steel ones.
Dustbins are being installed at crowded and busy places across the city. In 2017-18, the dustbins were installed across the city, but officials said they got gradually damaged due to lack of proper use, and some were stolen. This time, BMC officials hoped the dustbins, made of steel, will be used for dumping light waste (wrappers of biscuit, chocolate and food packets, and other waste) and not bulky items.
BMC additional commissioner Suvendu Sahu said the civic body is committed to improving waste management in the city through innovative and sustainable solutions. “We are integrating technology with waste collection and disposal to make it easy for the civic body, people, and the agency which handles it.”
BMC sources said the twin dustbin concept will help the civic body check littering of plastic waste and avoid mixing it with other municipal waste, which is degradable. Currently, the 2,000-odd dustbins located in different wards and along arteries and sub-arteries contain all kinds of waste. “The work of installing stainless steel dustbins has started, and it will be completed soon. A private agency has taken up the work, and post-installation, it is mandated to oversee disposal and collection operations,” Sahu added.
Additionally, the segregation of waste will help the private contractors send the recyclable items to the waste processing plants. Pedestrians can also throw their food packets and polythene containers in separate bins, and if there is wet waste, the bin meant for it can be used, BMC officials said.
Earlier, BMC installed green bins for dumping items like vegetable peels, fruit and juice waste, kitchen waste and leftover food. The blue ones were meant for metals, glass, rags, rubbers, plastic containers and other packets. Now, the steel bins will have green and blue tags.
BMC said bus stops, bus bays, bus terminals, railway stations, near shopping malls, hangout zones, along the parks, and big markets will get such dustbins.
Madhu Mallkick, a resident, said while moving around the city, if a person eats something, often he/she throws the wrapper away, thus increasing the civic body’s responsibility of collecting such waste. “In food kiosks, use of dustbins has been made compulsory. That’s why there is usually zero waste in those areas. In busy places other than markets or eateries, if such dustbins are maintained, people will definitely use them,” he said.
Dustbins are being installed at crowded and busy places across the city. In 2017-18, the dustbins were installed across the city, but officials said they got gradually damaged due to lack of proper use, and some were stolen. This time, BMC officials hoped the dustbins, made of steel, will be used for dumping light waste (wrappers of biscuit, chocolate and food packets, and other waste) and not bulky items.
BMC additional commissioner Suvendu Sahu said the civic body is committed to improving waste management in the city through innovative and sustainable solutions. “We are integrating technology with waste collection and disposal to make it easy for the civic body, people, and the agency which handles it.”
BMC sources said the twin dustbin concept will help the civic body check littering of plastic waste and avoid mixing it with other municipal waste, which is degradable. Currently, the 2,000-odd dustbins located in different wards and along arteries and sub-arteries contain all kinds of waste. “The work of installing stainless steel dustbins has started, and it will be completed soon. A private agency has taken up the work, and post-installation, it is mandated to oversee disposal and collection operations,” Sahu added.
Additionally, the segregation of waste will help the private contractors send the recyclable items to the waste processing plants. Pedestrians can also throw their food packets and polythene containers in separate bins, and if there is wet waste, the bin meant for it can be used, BMC officials said.
Earlier, BMC installed green bins for dumping items like vegetable peels, fruit and juice waste, kitchen waste and leftover food. The blue ones were meant for metals, glass, rags, rubbers, plastic containers and other packets. Now, the steel bins will have green and blue tags.
BMC said bus stops, bus bays, bus terminals, railway stations, near shopping malls, hangout zones, along the parks, and big markets will get such dustbins.
Madhu Mallkick, a resident, said while moving around the city, if a person eats something, often he/she throws the wrapper away, thus increasing the civic body’s responsibility of collecting such waste. “In food kiosks, use of dustbins has been made compulsory. That’s why there is usually zero waste in those areas. In busy places other than markets or eateries, if such dustbins are maintained, people will definitely use them,” he said.
