Recycling champions honoured

Amritsar, February 27

The Amritsar Smart City Limited (ASCL) organised a competition (February 1-10) to encourage residents for recycling plastic bottles and cans.

Komal Mittal, CEO Smart City-cum- Municipal Commissioner awarded eco-friendly T-shirts to those residents who used reverse vending machines installed in the city for recycling plastic bottles and cold drink cans under the Smart City mission. Reverse vending machines have been installed at multiple locations, including Municipal Corporation’s office, Vishal Mega Mart A-Block, B and C-Block Market Ranjit Avenue, Amrit Anand Park, Rose Garden Ranjit Avenue, Company Bagh, Novelty Chowk, Court Complex, Kabir Park, Amrit Talkie Chowk, DAV College, Hathi Gate, Model Town Temple, Kairon Market, Hall Bazaar, Durgiana Temple, Bus Stand, Shivala Bhaiya Wala Temple and Gurdwara Shaheed Sahib.

Mittal said most plastic bottles were recycled by Sudhir Mehra, Rakesh, Gollu Kumar, Duleep Kumar, Ravi and Dhamendra Kumar.

Gollu Kumar, who sets up a food stall outside Vishal Mega Mart in Ranjit Avenue, recycles plastic bottles in the reverse vending machine. Dharmendra Kumar, who runs a shop near RS Tower in Hall Bazaar, said he puts used plastic bottles in the reverse vending machine to ensure that they get recycled. — TNS