Your household trash and rubbish can earn you gold coins and watches
Posted on: 27/Jul/2013 12:08:53 PM
The Chennai Corporation will collect 48 tones thin plastic waste from residents, every day. The civic body has announced rewards, ranging from half-gram gold coins to wrist watches, for residents every month in each of the 200 wards in the city.
Each of the 200 wards will have a dedicated worker to collect thin plastic waste from residents on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The residents will get a token after handing over of the plastic waste to the engineers concerned.
One resident in each ward will be selected every month for distribution of the gold coins. Five other residents will receive wrist watches each. The civic body will incur an expenditure of Rs. 18 lakh for three months on a pilot basis.
