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 onsite high-temperature burning.
Economic & Legal
- As on 2024 around 2,500 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 460 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
Development of a Replicable Prototype
The Waste Management Facility presently serves a model of its kind and has been visited by Entrepreneurs, Administrators, Planners, Policy Makers, and Programme Implementors from across the State. Clean Coonoor seeks to expand this activity to other spheres shortly.
Others
In the place of an unsightly landfill cell a tidy little Garden nurtured with our very own compost, for when the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden
“…. lovely to see the beautiful flower garden and smiling faces of the workers. A healthy environment is necessary for a healthy life”
Dr. Sowmya Swaminathan
Chief Scientist, WHO, Geneva
14 Jun 2022
