GHMC launches e-Waste collection centre and Mirror Library in Masab Tank

GHMC has launched an e-Waste collection centre and a Mirror Library at Chacha Nehru Park in Masab Tank to promote safe recycling of electronic waste and encourage reading among residents. The initiative was inaugurated by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar.

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has set up an e-Waste collection centre at Chacha Nehru Park in Masab Tank here on Friday.

To address the problems posed by e-Waste, the new centre will collect discarded electronic items such as televisions, refrigerators, computers and laptops for safe recycling rather than leaving them unused at home.

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The GHMC, in a press release, said self-help groups (SHGs), along with IBM, LG, Earth Sense, Renavart and Z Enviro Reldan organisations, have set up the dedicated e-Waste collection kiosk at Chacha Nehru Park to facilitate the safe collection and recycling of electronic waste from citizens.

Also, a Mirror Library set up over 1,500 square yards was inaugurated to encourage reading habits among local residents. A special facility has been established to enable citizens to donate books for the library, it said.

Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar inaugurated the e-Waste collection centre as part of the 99 day action programme. He said the programme would be carried out across nearly 12,000 villages, wards and municipalities in Telangana, focusing on development, community participation and social empowerment.