City schools and colleges are all set to take the E-way to a pollution-free Bangalore. Thanks to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board's (KSPCB) latest initiative, city schools and colleges will soon have e-waste bins.
City schools and colleges are all set to take the E-way to a pollution-free Bangalore.u00a0Thanks to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board's (KSPCB) latest initiative, city schools and colleges will soon have e-waste bins.
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Taking a cue from cities like New Delhi and Mumbai, pollution control board officials will set up E-waste bins, which besides creating awareness, will also help segregation and recycling of the city's e-waste.
"Bangalore will soon have many more E-waste bins," explained AS Sadashivaiah, chairman, KSPCB. "After a few public places like the BBMP building, we will extend the arrangement to schools and colleges as well.
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| An e-waste bin at the BBMP headquarters |
Besides the bins, which carry messages on the need for proper recycling of E-waste, the importance of E-waste bins, we plan to rope in students of over six colleges, mainly engineering and some schools as well so we can give them an orientation programme on E-waste through short films."
AN Yelappa Reddy, an environmentalist, said, "The initiative is welcome as we are suffering from ecological illiteracy."
He added, "But the pollution control board should step up its efforts in a big way. Limiting the initiative to schools and colleges is not sufficient.
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However, I am glad college and school students will be takingu00a0 a lead in addressing the e-waste problem. E-waste consists hundreds of metals including lead, mercury and chromium that can prove deadly if they are not disposed of safely."
