NE NEWS SERVICE
AMARAVATI, JUNE 5
The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday launched what it claimed to be the country’s first online Waste Exchange Platform to ensure 100 per cent safe disposal of industrial toxic wastes.
ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ ఎన్విరాన్మెంట్ మేనేజ్మెంట్ కార్పొరేషన్ ( ఏపీఈఎంసీ) ఫ్లాట్ఫాంని ప్రారంభించిన ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ వైయస్.జగన్. ప్రపంచపర్యావరణ దినోత్సవం రోజున ఏపీ ఈఎంసీ ప్రారంభం. పరిశ్రమల నుంచి వ్యర్థాల నిర్వహణ బాధ్యతలను చేపట్టనున్న ఏపీఈఎంసీ.#WorldEnvironmentDay2020 pic.twitter.com/pdaGfW7xWy
— CMO Andhra Pradesh (@AndhraPradeshCM) June 5, 2020
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the programme on the occasion of World Environment Day.
The newly-floated AP Environment Management Corporation (EMC) will implement the programme with the concept of ”6Rs” Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refurbish, Redesign and Remanufacture.
“The online platform ensures proper tracking, scrutiny and audit of the (industrial) waste.It will also encourage utilization of wastes through co-processing.
It has been so designed to be a win-win for all the stakeholders,” a senior official of the EMC said.
The Chief Minister said a new legislation, the AP Environment Improvement Act, 2020, would soon be enacted for safeguarding the environment. According to officials, this is the first such online exchange to handle industrial waste in the country.
Environment and Forests Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney, Special Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad, Pollution Control Board Chairman B S S Prasad, Member-Secretary Vivek Yadav and other officials were present.
