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‘Garbage Cafe' in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur to provide free meal in exchange of plastic waste

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10 Oct, 19 04:33
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‘Garbage Cafe' in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur to provide free meal in exchange of plastic waste

The first-of-its-kind 'Garbage Cafe' commenced in Ambikapur city of Chhattisgarh. The café is being run by the Ambikapur municipal corporation. In this unique Cafe', poor people and rag pickers will get free food in exchange for one kilogram of plastic, while breakfast will be provided if half a kilogram of plastic is brought to the cafe.  The café inaugurated by Health Minister of Chhattisgarh T. S. Singh Deo yesterday. Talking to media persons, Health Minister said that this is a very unique and innovative step towards cleanliness to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.



According to the Mayor of Ambikapur Ajay Tirkey, the collected garbage will be sold at Solid Liquid Resources Management Centre.The collected plastic waste would further be turned into granules and will then be used in the construction of roads in the city.Ambikapur is Chhattisgarh’s first dustbin-free city. The city has been hailed as the second cleanest city in the country in Swachhata rankings.



 


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