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ENVIRONMENT NEWS

MCG continues action against those

disrupting cleanliness drive

Under the direction of the State Disaster Manage-
ment Authority and the chief secretary of Haryana,
this initiative seeks to improve the cleanliness of Gu-
rugram by means of ongoing efforts by sanitation
teams that are actively cleaning public spaces, roads,
alleys, and green belts, as well as making sure that
waste is transferred to the Bandhwari disposal plant
as quickly as possible. Nineteen HCS officers are
overseeing the SWEEP initiative, monitoring sanita-
tion workers, resources, and garbage collection sys-
tems while providing daily reports. Senior officials,
including Haryana’s Urban Local Bodies Minister
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is Subhash Sudha, are closely reviewing the progress.
intensifying its efforts to maintain city cleanliness The MCG has also provided helpline numbers for cit-
under the Solid Waste Environment Exigency Pro- izens to report cleanliness issues: 7290097521 for
gram (SWEEP). Since July 1, the MCG has collected general waste, 7290076135 for horticultural waste,
₹63,000 in fines from 126 individuals for illegal and 7290088127 for construction and demolition
waste dumping and littering, following June's collec- waste.
tion of ₹2,19,500 from 439 offenders. Source: - Hindustan Times

6 lakh fake pollution-trading certifi-

cates unearthed in three States

In a significant development, the Central Pollution highlights the difficulties in monitoring and en-
Control Board (CPCB) has uncovered over 6,00,000 suring transparency in the plastic recycling indus-
fake pollution-trading certificates during audits at try, underscoring the necessity for more stringent
four plastic-recycling companies across Gujarat, control and verification processes to combat such
Maharashtra, and Karnataka. In 2023, audits uncov- fraudulent practices.
ered inconsistencies in the distribution of Extended
Producer Responsibility (EPR) certificates, which are
utilized by plastic packaging companies.

According to sources from the Ministry of Environ-
ment, Forest and Climate Change and the plastic
waste recycling industry, the scale of potentially
fraudulent certificates could be much larger. There
are 2,348 plastic waste recyclers registered with the
CPCB, but only a small portion of them have under-
gone physical verification to confirm their reported
recycling amounts. The aforementioned revelation Source: - The Hindu

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