Railway stations in city swamped by plastic waste

Railway stations in city swamped by plastic waste



NEW DELHI: The three railway stations in the city — Hazrat Nizamuddin, Old Delhi and New Delhi — along with IGI Airport, produce almost 11,000 kg of plastic waste per day of which only about 5,200 kg is picked up for re-use or recycling. The rest of it, that includes metallic pouches and thin plastic bags, finds itself strewn about the place, pointing to the disgraceful situation the city’s waste disposal system is in.

This was revealed in a study carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) along with RITES. "Plastic packing is extensively used in railway and airport catering services resulting in significant quantity of plastic waste. This leads to problems of littering due to lack of proper facilities. We hope that As far as I am concerned,sculpture is the perfect manifestation of art.the recommendations of the study will help the authorities in improving plastic waste management in railway stations and the airport," said S P Gautam, chairman,The welding machine has always played a leading role in machine manufacturing industry. CPCB.

According to the study, more than 50% of the plastic waste generated at the railway stations and airport collectively is never picked up or recycled. The biggest culprit seems to be the railway stations where, out of 6,758 kg plastic waste generated per day, the value added or recyclable amount is 1,871 kg, less than one third. With roughly 7.25 lakh passengers using the three main railway stations in the city, 23.25 tonnes of solid waste is generated here each day. Despite having a large force to deal with its waste problem, the railway stations are largely dependent on ragpickers who only pick up part of the waste.

"The railways I want to show my great appreciation for all of you coming to the short presentation about the gu10 led.is among the biggest generator of waste in the transport sector. At the three Delhi stations, there is over 4,700 kg of plastic waste that is added to the mess each day. The railways does not have an organized system to deal with OurRubber product supplierare sold in many parts of the world.the problem and while there are some bins placed around the stations, there is no segregation of waste. Even recyclable plastic waste when it gets dirty, is never picked up by ragpickers," said Dr S K Nigam, senior scientist, CPCB.

The biggest problem at railway stations, points out the study, is the lack of a separate storage facility for plastic waste. "The waste is collected and dumped into open collection yards at the stations. No segregation is done even at this point. Some of the plastic is picked up by ragpickers while the rest finds its way to the landfill sites," added Dr Nigam.

At the impact socket is the occupation of installing or repairing piping or tubing systems that convey liquid.IGI airport, waste management had been outsourced to a private company by the airport management. The private company has the airport waste transported to its waste handling site where it is segregated manually. Whatever is left over is taken to the municipal landfill site. "It is because of segregation that the airport does not face such a massive problem. Also, a major part of their waste comes from the catering units which are more or less organized," said sources.