Aafrin Kidwai 
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The Madurai Corporation is struggling with bulk waste generators that have failed to comply with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which mandate setting up composting units to process their biodegradable waste.
A total of 1,031 bulk waste generators have been identified by Madurai Corporation including hotels, restaurants, hospitals, schools, apartments, and other commercial establishments who generate an average of 100 kilograms of waste every day.
As per rules, bulk waste generators must segregate waste at source, process biodegradable waste within their premises and develop a system to reuse compost or biogas thus produced. Non-biodegradable waste must be given to the Corporation.
Although four years have passed since the introduction of the rules, there is poor compliance by bulk waste generators. Most of them either throw away waste in the common dumper bins or hand it over to Corporation conservancy workers. Lack of space to process their own waste, especially in core city areas, is one of the main reasons for bulk waste generators finding it difficult to comply with the rules, said a Health Department official.
The Corporation has provided a 5.5-acre land at Pazhathottam near Karuppayurani to process the waste generated by bulk waste generators. The Corporation is planning to run awareness campaigns for the same, reports The Hindu.
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