By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 15 Jul: The Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board is going to issue notices to all those government departments that have unnecessarily accumulated e-waste like unusable old computers, printers, scanners and mobiles.
During a meeting of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board at the Secretariat, today, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi issued strict instructions regarding e-waste management.
She has asked all government and non-government organisations to develop an effective system for solid waste management and medical waste disposal. The Chief Secretary has also stated that gloves, masks, gumboots should be immediately made available to the sanitation workers engaged in the work of solid waste management and disposal.
Regarding use of the Environmental Compensation Fund, Chief Secretary Raturi direction creation of infrastructure facilities for collection, storage, transportation, processing of solid waste; production of bio-fertilizers through NADEP pits, mass cleanliness drives, making arrangements for collection and disposal of sanitary waste and domestic hazardous waste and conduct of training programmes for ragpickers regarding solid waste management.
She also ordered regular inspection of industrial units under plastic waste management. She issued instructions on transportation, recycling and disposal of confiscated SUP. She stated that individuals, NGOs and institutions working on plastic waste management should be rewarded and awarded.
Strict instructions were issued to develop an effective surveillance system regarding biomedical waste management. Training and awareness programmes will be held for paramedical personnel regarding segregation, storage and disposal of biomedical waste. Assessment of potentially hazardous waste contaminated sites will also be done. A number of other initiatives are also being planned.
Principal Secretary Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu, members of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board and other officers were present at the meeting.
