Eco-friendly garbage sorting foxes residents

I P EXTENSION: In a bid to turn environment-friendly, I P Extension has taken the high road of recycling its garbage. Blue and green-coloured recycle bins can be seen at society gates. However, the pride of pioneering garbage segregation in east Delhi is short-lived.
Recycle bins were placed across I P Extension about a month back by the MCD. And although the civic agency started out with good intentions, the residents are at a loss over the scheme''s utility.Local RWAs have pointed out serious errors in the implementation of the garbage recycling plan. "Although MCD informed the societies about the recycle bins, it did not educate the residents about the usage of these bins," says D P Gupta, president of Agrasen Awas RWA.
Although Gupta concedes the point that the step was a good one, he is quick to point out that lack of public awareness would shoot the idea down.
These bins come equipped with different columns for the disposal of all kinds of trash — a separate column for paper waste, polythenes etc, but residents use them like just another garbage disposal bins, thus negating the whole purpose of the plan. This is not all. RWAs say that with co-operative societies comprising of over 200 flats, two recycle bins are not adequate. "We have 212 flats in our society, so imagine the amount of garbage produced here alone. It cannot bear the load," points out Brajesh Mathur of Ashirwaad apartments.