PUNE: The wastepickers’ collective, Solid Waste Collection and Handling (
SWaCH
), will launch “V-Collect on Wheels” this
Diwali to provide citizens with better access to recycling facilities while decluttering their homes.
V-Collect is a programme run by SWaCH, in association with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), to recycle and reuse good quality usable items that are lying unused in homes, which would otherwise end up in landfills. SWaCH accepts books, toys, unused household items, electronics, furniture among other items.
The V-Collect on Wheels drive will cover areas such as Kothrud, Model Colony and Bhosalenagar on November 9, Pashan to Warje on November 10, Sahakarnagar to
Magarpatta
on November 11, Dhole Patil Road,
Kharadi
, Vishrantwadi on November 12 and Nigdi and Thergaon on November 13.
Suchismita Pai, a SWaCH representative, said, “Everyone cleans and declutters their homes during Diwali. Normally, V-Collect drives are organized at one housing society or spot and people have limited access. For example, it would be difficult for a person living in Kalyaninagar to travel to Hadapsar to drop off items they wanted to give away. So, we decided to launch V-Collect on Wheels, where our teams will take a different route with multiple stops on each day at a specific time.”
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