Local solutions to manage micro-plastics at waste management facility

To deal with micro-plastics at the Coonoor waste management park at Ottupattarai, local expertise and equipment used traditionally in tea factories are being employed to sort out small bits of plastic

To deal with micro-plastics at the Coonoor waste management park at Ottupattarai, local expertise and equipment used traditionally in tea factories are being employed to sort out small bits of plastic waste. Two persons, Soman and Sunil Goyal from Halacarai had suggested to the waste management centre that a high-speed sifter and a slow-moving conveyor could be used to separate the micro-plastics instead of a sorting trough. They had also donated their sifter and lent their technical support during installation and operation of the equipment.