GCC to handle domestic hazardous waste under ₹6.47-crore project

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to undertake the collection, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of domestic hazardous waste generated across the city for a one-year period, at an estimated cost of ₹6.47 crore.

The waste under this category that will be collected include empty pesticide and chemical containers, glass bottles, sanitary plastic waste, toxic residues, compact fluorescent lamps and tube lights, expired medicines, cosmetic waste, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, syringes and needles, and contaminated measuring instruments.

Waste will be collected from designated storage points at decentralised locations across the city, according to GCC. Chennai city generates about 6,150 tonnes of municipal solid waste a day.

Transportation will be carried out using vehicles approved for hazardous waste movement, with quantities recorded at authorised weighbridges. The scope will include treatment, storage, and final disposal at a common hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility.