The All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) has initiated a project in Maharashtra’s Satara and Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune district, to reduce plastic landfill waste and recycle it into useful items, an official said, reported news agency PTI.

The project aims to raise awareness among various community groups, including children, young people, women’s self-help groups, sanitation workers, waste pickers, and community-based organisations, about improving source segregation and proper waste disposal. This was stated by Utkarsha Kavadi, AIILSG Mumbai’s Senior Executive Director, to PTI.

The AIILSG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Satara Municipal Council for the ‘Localising Plastic Action through Communities’ (LPAC) project.