GHMC directs 100% e-waste, bio-medical waste collection

GHMC Commissioner RV Karnan directed 100% collection of e-waste and bio-medical waste across Hyderabad, warning of strict action for violations. Special collection centres, ward-level drives, and retailer cooperation aim to strengthen scientific waste management under the 99-Day Action Plan.

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner RV Karnan directed officials to take steps to ensure 100 per cent collection of e-waste and bio-medical waste across Greater Hyderabad. He also instructed that bio-medical waste must not be mixed with municipal solid waste. He said violations of norms would invite strict action against those responsible.

The GHMC Commissioner on Wednesday convened a meeting as part of the ongoing 99-Day Action Plan aimed at strengthening scientific waste management across GHMC, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) and Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) jurisdictions.

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Karnan, who addressed e-waste recyclers, bio-medical waste treatment facility operators and CSR partners here, said no negligence in the collection and disposal of bio-medical waste would be tolerated. Notices would be issued and stringent action initiated against registered firms failing to lift waste in accordance with prescribed regulations, he said.

Earlier, MMC T Vinay Krishna Reddy said special collection centres would be established in each circle to encourage citizens to voluntarily deposit e-waste. He said ward-level collection drives would be conducted every Saturday and Sunday across 300 wards within the CURE limits.

Several organisations agreed to make direct payments through UPI or cash for collected e-waste, while others committed to distributing redeemable coupons under CSR initiatives. It was also proposed that retailers share information about households possessing e-waste to facilitate coordinated doorstep collection.