The organic waste composter plant set up by the Kochi Corporation with the support of ICLEI South Asia, a global network of more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development, at Manapattyparambu was inaugurated on Friday.
District Collector N.S.K. Umesh inaugurated the plant at a function chaired by mayor M. Anilkumar. ICLEI South Asia deputy secretary general Emani Kumar was the chief guest.
Mr. Anilkumar said that the Council was committed to reduce volume of waste being taken to Brahmapuram through extensive network of decentralised waste treatment plants. Mr. Umesh appreciated the Corporation for its numerous achievements in the field of decentralised waste treatment in the face of many challenges.