Aafrin Kidwai 
Picture credit: by Syed Shiyaz Mirza, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49406974
In one of the first such initiatives in the country, a company under the Kerala government has fixed base prices for variants of recyclable, non-biodegradable waste.
The move by the Clean Kerala Company Limited (CKCL), formed under the local self-government department, is seen as an attempt to provide additional income support to volunteers of the Haritha Karma Sena (HKS), that collects both biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste from households and offices across the state.
The CKCL has announced both baled and unbaled rates for 20 variants of recyclable, non-biodegradable waste, including newspapers, plastic liquor bottles, milk packets, glass bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard. The base prices for baled versions are Rs 12/kg for milk packets, Rs 15/kg for pet plastic bottles, Rs 12/kg for plastic liquor bottles, Rs 40/kg for aluminum cans, Rs 8/kg for newspapers, Rs 20/kg for steel and Rs 4/kg for cardboard, reports The Indian Express.
Picture Credit: Syed Shiyaz Mirza, Kerala Government Secretariat, CC BY-SA 4.0
