Waste plastic recycling/conversion - NIFT to convert them into plastic bins!
Posted on: 14/Nov/2019 3:34:44 PM
A Chennai Metro City Corporation official shared the news that the representatives from NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) had recently met the civic official. During this meeting, they had proposed some ideas to effectively reuse plastic items.
The Chennai Metro City Corporation had seized 306 tonnes of banned plastic items from the city shops between January 1 and September 30.
The official further said, ‘One of the proposals is to make garbage bins using such items. The bins will be made in shapes of animals and cartoon characters and placed in beaches and other public places.’
He observed that these bins would attract kids’ attention and encourage them to dispose of their trash into it.
He added that apart from the garbage bins, NIFT is also set to create statues using waste plastic products.
However, at the same time, the official also clarified that the final decision is yet to be taken. He said, “We are also going to look into other options”.
Meanwhile, the civic body had already installed a reverse vending machine to collect plastic water bottles in the Headquarters of the Chennai Metro City Corporation, the Ripon Buildings premises.
