The event, which commemorated the International World Cleanup Day took participants through the segregation of plastic waste from other solid waste as well as compressing the plastics to make them easier to dispose of. The group advised residents on the economic benefits of recycling plastic waste and introduced them to a ‘community plastic buyback’ module, where they would buy stored up plastic containers and materials from residents for recycling. GRIPE believes this would provide economic gains to the residents from the sale of their plastics waste and keep their surroundings clean from indiscriminate plastic waste disposal. “GRIPE has been undertaking this exercise in the last two years now, with the aim of sensitising the public on plastic waste recycling and its potential financial and economic benefits,” she added. He said, hitherto, they used to burn the plastic waste in their surroundings, adding that, henceforth they would be collecting and segregating the waste to sell them to waste collectors for recycling.
