JAIPUR: JMC has started its Material Recovery Facility (MRF) at Mathuradaspura landfill site where the waste collected by ragpickers will be recycled.
Under the project, uniforms and identity cards are being given to the ragpickers. Around 200 of them have already started working with the centre.
At the centres, JMC will purchase the waste collected by the ragpickers, who won’t have to travel to the city for the purpose.
Another MRF centre will soon be established at Sewapura landfill site.
Executive project engineer Banne Singh said the project has been designed keeping in mind the contribution of ragpickers in recycling and plastic waste disposal. “Right now these ragpickers are collecting plastic which can be sold to the dealers at higher rates. They usually collect plastic items which are big in size or heavy. They do not collect glass bottles, shoe soles or tyres. At the MRF centres, all kinds of dry waste will be accepted and ragpickers will be paid on the spot. This will also save time spent in travelling to the city and rule out middlemen,” said Banne Singh.
The MRF centres will be run by NGO Sarthak. This is the same NGO that has done similar work in Indore which ranked No. 1 in the country in Swachhta Survekshan 2020.
The MRF centres will have bailing machines, fatka machines and shredding machines that will minimize the size of the waste. “The bailing machines will compress the waste material in a sheet. Fatka machines will pack the waste in one packet and shredding machines will shred the plastic into small pieces. The plastic shreds can be utilised in cement sector. Machines have been purchased and they will start functioning soon. They will make our work easier,” Banne Singh added.
Moreover, medical camps will be organised for ragpickers to protect them from any diseases caused due to working with garbage.
Under the project, uniforms and identity cards are being given to the ragpickers. Around 200 of them have already started working with the centre.
At the centres, JMC will purchase the waste collected by the ragpickers, who won’t have to travel to the city for the purpose.
Another MRF centre will soon be established at Sewapura landfill site.
Executive project engineer Banne Singh said the project has been designed keeping in mind the contribution of ragpickers in recycling and plastic waste disposal. “Right now these ragpickers are collecting plastic which can be sold to the dealers at higher rates. They usually collect plastic items which are big in size or heavy. They do not collect glass bottles, shoe soles or tyres. At the MRF centres, all kinds of dry waste will be accepted and ragpickers will be paid on the spot. This will also save time spent in travelling to the city and rule out middlemen,” said Banne Singh.
The MRF centres will be run by NGO Sarthak. This is the same NGO that has done similar work in Indore which ranked No. 1 in the country in Swachhta Survekshan 2020.
The MRF centres will have bailing machines, fatka machines and shredding machines that will minimize the size of the waste. “The bailing machines will compress the waste material in a sheet. Fatka machines will pack the waste in one packet and shredding machines will shred the plastic into small pieces. The plastic shreds can be utilised in cement sector. Machines have been purchased and they will start functioning soon. They will make our work easier,” Banne Singh added.
Moreover, medical camps will be organised for ragpickers to protect them from any diseases caused due to working with garbage.
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