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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
36 roads become litter-free in Tiruchi as Corpo-
ration intensifies its sensitisation drive on waste
management
mercial trucks and fifteen battery-operated ve-
hicles. Additional workers conduct nightly road
sweeping to remove silt accumulation, and sign-
boards mark the litter-free zones to discourage
littering.
A view of Nelson Road in Srirangam that has
been converted into a litter-free corridor.
Commercial outlets along these roads are obli-
iruchi Corporation has expanded the gated to maintain trash cans as part of the initia-
litter-free corridor initiative, covering tive, and beautification projects include putting
Taround 36 roads in all five zones in the in beautiful plants and saplings beside the high-
city to promote effective solid waste manage- ways and medians.
ment practices. This initiative, launched in July
2024, aims to prevent improper waste disposal The public is being educated on proper waste
and promote solid waste management practic- segregation and disposal methods to support
es. In order to collect garbage from homes and the solid waste management system. The Cor-
businesses, the Corporation has sent out a team poration wants to take the idea a step further
of sixteen sanitation personnel, increased the by finding more roadways and keeping up its ef-
frequency of waste collection from once a day forts to rid Tiruchi of all trash.
to four times a day, and hired three light com- Source:- The Hindu
CSIRO and Murdoch University launch Bioplas-
tics Innovation Hub to end plastic waste
SIRO, Australia's national science agency, cally derived plastics that fully degrade in com-
and Murdoch University have launched post, land, or water. The Hub brings together
CThe Bioplastics Innovation Hub, an $8 mil- expertise in microbiology, synthetic biology, and
lion collaboration focused on developing 100% advanced manufacturing to translate bioplastics
compostable plastic. This initiative aims to ad- research into real-world applications, such as
dress global plastic pollution by creating biologi- packaging materials like bottles, caps, and films.
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