SWaCH’s ‘V Collect On Wheels’ program collects 48 tonnes in 13 days
SWaCH’s newly launched V collect on wheels Diwali declutter effort was a resounding success as it criss-crossed the city collecting over 48 tonnes of discards in just 13 days. From 1 to 13 November vans went on pre-determined routes and stopped as fixed periods enabling citizens across the city to hand over their Diwali clean up clutter to SWaCH at their convenience.
Designed by SWaCH, it was executed in collaboration with PMC support from the Women and child welfare department headed by Madhuritai Sahasrabuddhe, with the aim of assisting citizens in disposing of their old and discarded items which do not fall into daily wet or dry waste. People were encouraged to hand over Items like old clothes, toys, books, footwear, bags and purses, bicycles and tricycles and utensils at a specific nearby location on a planned date and time.
The drive took place at different locations across the city in Kothrud, Warje, Bavdhan, Swargate, Hadapsar, Vimannagar, Vishrantwadi and also Nigdi. In some areas residential societies and colonies took the initiative of gathering old clothes and electronics and handed over the collection in bulk to V Collect.
The program was also successful in making a significant collection of E-Waste. Old chargers, irons, television sets, geysers and heaters, calculators, smartphones were some of the common E-Waste items that were collected. SWaCH also observed increasing awareness in citizens regarding disposal of E-Waste through the right channel.
SWaCH aims to increase the frequency of V Collect On Wheels to make it operational throughout the year. There is also a drop off centre at Bremen chowk, Aundh Road, Pune that is open all days of the week between 10 am and 5 pm for the convenience of the citizens.
SWaCH covers 70% of Pune through its services like Red Dot Campaign, V Collect, E Collect, MLP collection apart from the daily door to door waste collection.
