Chandigarh's waste plant spurs recycling efforts for sustainable construction

The Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste plant backed by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is now fully operational and has met with an overwhelming response. The plant use waste material collected from construction and demolition sites and recycles them to create an array of construction materials. These materials are being sold back to the government as well as private entities.

A designated special vehicle has installed by the civic body to collect waste. It is an on-call service provided at Rs 800/- per trip for a distance of 5kms. The vehicle can lift 250 cubic feet of waste at a time. Additionally, there are 23 designated sites throughout the city where people can transport their C&D waste. Unfortunately, in spite of such services being available, several builders and developers continue to dump their waste in isolated areas, open parks, public roads, etc.

While dealing with illegal dumping continues to remain a challenge for the body, the sale of recycled construction materials produced by the waste plant has met with a positive response. The material can be purchased by reaching out to the engineering department of the Municipal Corporation.

The local administration has taken several steps to implement a Construction and Demolition waste policy in the city to reduce illegal dumping and promote sustainable development practises. In 2016, the civic body implemented the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and even allocated Rs 74 crores towards construction of a manual waste recycling plant. Now there are in talks of converting the manual plant to an automated system to increase productivity.

The civic body has also introduced several initiatives to encourage citizens to bring their waste one of the twenty-three designated dumping grounds. Materials collected from these sites are recycled to create a plethora of construction material such as stones, gravel, concrete mix, bricks, etc. Materials such as recycled concrete can be used to make tiles, curb, channels, and paver blocks which are used by the Municipal Corporation in different works. Further, A 11KV power sub-station scheduled to be set up to assist in fully mechanising the current waste plant.

In conclusion, the fully operational Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste plant in Chandigarh has met with an encouraging response. It effectively recycles waste materials from construction sites, creating construction materials that are being sold to the government and private entities. Illegal dumping remains a challenge for the local government, but efforts are being made to combat it. The local administration is committed to implementing a comprehensive waste management policy and has allocated funds for an automated waste recycling plant.

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