Construction waste recycling facility at Cunchelim: Cabral

Times of India | 1 week ago | 08-10-2022 | 04:18 am

Panaji: Environment minister Nilesh Cabral on Friday said that the state government has decided to set up construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling facility at Cunchelim, Mapusa.“The site has been identified. It is government property and we plan to set up a construction and demolition waste recycling facility plant there,” he said.Landfill should not be the solution for disposing construction debris, but it should be scientifically treated, the minister told reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on construction and debris waste at Saligao.Cabral said that the focus would be on technology and output of the plant. “Cement and laterite blocks have been manufactured through laterite stone powder by SINTEF, Norway. They are in the process of patenting it. Once it's patented, we will negotiate with them and take it under CSR,” the minister said.Cabral, who also holds the PWD portfolio, said that he has given commitment to recycle 20% construction waste. He said that there will be two collection centres for construction and demolition waste — one in each district and people should drop their waste at the collection site so that authorities can take it to the facility.Cabral said that it is the responsibility of the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) to take care of garbage, including medical waste. “We have to constitute a team consisting of police to monitor and keep Goa clean.” Currently, Goa generates around 500 tonnes of C&D waste each day, which is unproductively disposed of along the national highways, in low-lying lands and abandoned quarries.As per the environment ministry’s notified Construction and Demotion (Waste Management) Rules, 2010, the state is expected to establish a C&D waste recycling plant. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed chief secretaries of every state to monitor and ensure compliance with all waste management rules, including C&D rules.

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