Get food in exchange for plastic waste

NPnews24 Online, Ambikapur: Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to make the city plastic-free with a first of its Garbage Café. Café aim to provide free food for poor people and rag pickers in exchange for one Kg of Plastic, and breakfast will be provided in half kg of plastic waste.

Chhattisgarh: Ambikapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) to set up 'Garbage Cafe' to provide food to citizens in exchange of plastic waste. Ajay Tirkey, Mayor says, "We are providing free food to those who bring 1 kg of plastic to us, it will help us in keeping the city clean." pic.twitter.com/r7dBXwkqFp

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 Ajay Tirkey Mayor said, “The Solid Waste Management of the Ambikapur Municipal Corporation was successful and we have come up with a new provision that if someone brings one kg of plastic, he or she will get food.

Initiative drew harsh criticism from opposition parties, saying that city is already clean and rag pickers will not get plastic anywhere in the city.

But locals appreciated the move saying, city will become cleaner after this. Earlier ragpickers used to give plastic waste to private people in exchange for money. Now they will give it to the government and they will get food in return.