PMC launches a competition to collect used plastic bottles from around city
- Quit Plastic
- Feb 10, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 3

In a bid to create public awareness about plastic- and electronic- waste, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a competition to collect used plastic bottles from around the city in which individuals, schools and organisations will be able to participate
Asha Raut, head of the PMC solid waste department, said, “This competition intends to create awareness among citizens about e-waste and plastic waste management. The PMC has set up collection centres at 75 locations. Citizens can deposit the bottles collected at the Arogya Kothis in each regional ward office.”
“The PMC will use the collected bottles to create attractive murals, paver and interlocking blocks. These materials will get used in the city itself,” Raut said.
The competition will continue until February 28 this year, with the PMC having identified five Arogya Kothis in each ward office to collect bottles. The civic body will keep a record of the bottles deposited. Citizens and groups can submit the collected bottles every Sunday between 10 am and 5 pm. The participants must collect the used bottles from various parts of the city, not from any catering or recycling facility. The PMC has appealed to Ganesh manuals, housing societies, groups, and even schools to participate in the competition.
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