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DG Rural Sanitation inaugurates plastic recycling facility of IPCA in Samba

Samba, Dec 05: In a major step toward strengthening plastic waste management in rural Jammu & Kashmir, Director General, Rural Sanitation, Anoo Malhotra, on Friday inaugurated a state-of-the-art Plastic Recycling Facility in Samba.

According to a statement issued here, the unit has been established with the support of the Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) and SBI Cards under its CSR initiative.

The launch aligns with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Directorate of Rural Sanitation and IPCA, under which rural households will be paid Rs 10 per kilogram for clean dry plastic waste.

Officials said the incentive is expected to boost household-level segregation and ensure that l

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