PORVORIM: Aldona will play host to an e-waste awareness-cum-collection drive over the next two weeks, as part of efforts by the Lions Club of Aldona in association with Group TenPlus, the sole authorized agency for collection of e-waste in the State.
While most villages have been focusing on collection of dry waste and wet waste, electronic junk continues to pile up in homes and offices, with little means to dispose off the e-waste.
The Lions Club of Aldona has agreed to give its premises on January 25 and January 26 to people from Aldona and surrounding villages to bring in their e-waste.
Group TenPlus will then arrange for its pickup and send it to Roorkee, Uttarakhand, where the e-waste will be recycled by Attero Recycling.
The St Thomas Church, Aldona, and its parish priest, Fr Amandio Valladares, has also contributed to the awareness campaign with announcements at Sunday mass, while the list of e-waste that can be collected and cannot be collected has been pasted on the church’s notice board.
“We have been picking up e-waste generated by corporates and industries in Goa so far. Social clubs like the Rotary Club of Ponda and IMA had conducted an e-waste awareness-cum-collection drive in Ponda. The Aldona drive is the first we are having in Bardez in co-ordination with the Lions Club. People from the surrounding villages of Aldona can also come in with their e-waste,” said Ashley Delaney of Group TenPlus. The Lions Club of Aldona’s social initiative is headed by president Hector Fernandes, secretary Renato Veloso and treasurer Avinash Misquita.
