Pune Municipal Corporation plans first textile waste processing facility to handle 100-125 tons daily, promoting eco-friendly waste management solutions.
To address the 100-125 tons of textile waste produced every day, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to establish first textile waste processing facility in the city. The facility will help process textile waste that cannot be handled with ordinary solid garbage.
Sandip Kadam, Head - Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department, PMC, says, to prevent damage to nature, the textile waste would be handled by the processing unit in an environmentally friendly way. Many people fail to consider the environmental impact of this waste, he points out.
Around 1,200 to 1,300 tons of dry waste and 900 to 1,000 tons of wet waste is generated in Pune every day. Around 100-125 tons of textile waste is generated in the city on a daily basis.
The cost of setting a dedicated unit to process this textile waste is around Rs 4 crore, as per official estimates, though this may vary according to the allocation of land and machinery for the unit.
