The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Programme to train SHG members, youth in solid waste management

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Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Programme to train SHG members, youth in solid waste management

Staff Reporter

TAMBARAM: A training programme for women's self help group members and unemployed youth on solid waste management was inaugurated at the Zero Waste Management Learning Centre at Visveswapuram near Pammal last week.

The learning centre has been set up in partnership with Pepsi, the Pammal Municipality, Exnora International and residents of the local body.

The programme for the first batch was inaugurated in the presence of Kancheepuram Collector R. Venkatesan, who hoped this centre will be a model not only in the district, but the entire State. Work on a model for a solid waste management project with a compost yard to convert kitchen waste into manure would commence on the premises of the Kancheepuram Collectorate from Monday, Mr. Venkatesan said.

The learning centre is located at the compost yard that was built a few months ago with financial assistance from Pepsi. The objective of the centre is to train women SHG members and unemployed youth on solid waste management and equip them with job-oriented skills, said Mangalam Balasubramaniam of Pammal Exnora.

The training modules, spread over five days, would cover solid waste management and handling of non-degradable waste. Ms. Mangalam said at present, the compost yard handles domestic waste from 13 wards of Pammal Municipality.

While the kitchen waste was being converted into manure through vermicomposting and sold under the brand name `Exorco,' plastic waste was disposed off to scrap merchants, she said.

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