Now, e-waste disposal a call away in Ambala

Tribune News Service

Ambala, August 5

The disposal of electronic waste is now a click away in Ambala Cantonment. The civic body has hired a private firm to collect and dispose of e-waste as per the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

The company can be reached through a mobile phone number (7082880008) and soon, a mobile app will also be launched for the public to register their e-waste collection requests, a senior MC official said here on Wednesday.

He said the identified major e-waste producers had already been issued notices to dispose of their electronic waste items through the hired private firm with whom the MC had entered into a two-year agreement.

As per the agreement, the company will collect it from the source, take it away, dispose and recycle the e-waste as per the prescribed norms of the NGT.

The firm will directly pay the price of the collected e-waste to the owners and deposit 1 per cent of the paid amount with the civic body on a monthly basis.

The MC has warned local residents against disposing of their e-waste here and there and asked them to contact the private firm for the purpose.

According to the agreement, the company will collect the e-waste exceeding 20 kg from the caller on the same day of getting the call while e-waste less than 20 kg will be collected within a week of registering the request.

The callers will be apprised of the price of their e-waste on registering their collection request while the mobile app will have the item-wise price list available for the users.

Besides e-waste, waste items like old newspapers, magazines and other paper and plastic waste will also be collected by the private firm, depending upon the item, its disposal and the recycling facility available with it.

Last month, the MC had hired another private firm to collect and dispose of biomedical waste in the town. The health institutions are no longer allowed to dispose of their biomedical waste without following the laid down norms.

Civic body hires a Private firm

• The civic body has hired a private firm to collect and dispose of e-waste as per the guidelines of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
• The company can be reached through a mobile phone number (70828-80008) and soon, a mobile app will also be launched for the public to register their e-waste collection requests
• Identified major e-waste producers have already been issued notices to dispose of their electronic waste items through the hired private firm with whom the MC had entered into a two-year agreement
• As per the agreement, the company will collect it from the source, take it away, dispose and recycle the e-waste as per the prescribed norms of the NGT
• The firm will directly pay the price of the collected e-waste to the owners and deposit 1 per cent of the paid amount with the civic body on a monthly basis

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