The Impact of the Partnership (2024)

We are forever looking for ways and means to further reduce the carbon footprint caused by waste generated, by minimisation, better collection, and lesser disposal by incineration.

Economic & Legal

  • Around 2010 MT of recyclable material recovered from the dry stream and sold to aggregators. The sale amount presently as such covers roughly around 1/3 rd of the operational costs of the resource recovery centre
  • Around 200 metric tonnes of compost produced and sold to small farmers the proceeds of which covers around 1/2 of the operational costs of the composting unit
  • The facility provides job opportunities for 30+ individuals of the local populace, and the undertaking has benefitted daily labourers, transporters, aggregators, and, others involved in the scrap chain
  • Litigation in the National Green Tribunal dropped

Environmental

  • No leachate, no methane emission and very minimal CO2 production
  • Waste of all descriptions collected and transported prevented from being either openly dumped or interred into landfills.
  • Promotion of organic farming practices
  • Minimal vector nuisance
  • A marked reduction of Human-Wildlife Conflict

“Very Genuine and excellent work by RRC under PPP mode. Good example from Coonoor as to how SWM can be maintained so cleanly.”

Chairman, Joint Monitoring Committee, National Green Tribunal, Chennai

17 Jul 2021

“…. lovely to see the beautiful flower garden and smiling faces of the workers. A healthy environment is necessary for a healthy life”

Chief Scientist, WHO, Geneva

14 Jun 2022

As a new strategy to keep the town clean and create awareness on littering, Clean Coonoor has started Neighbourhood Cleanups.

Read our recent post about this initiative on our Home Page for more details, and please do contact for organising such an activity in your neighbourhood..