The “Plastic Lao – Mask Pao” Kiosk was launched at Khan Market in New Delhi by Chairperson of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Dharmendra in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) where citizen can come and deposit their plastic waste in exchange of masks.

Launching the Campaign, the Chairperson said that he is satisfied with the initiative of NDMC as a unique campaign to encourage the Covid-19 appropriate behavior and also to curb pollution simultaneously.

The Chairman informed that till date two metric tonnes of plastic waste have been collected at the Charkha Park Kiosk in Connaught Place.

“The objective of the campaign is to emphasize the use of Masks to avoid Covid-19 and that plastics have value which we need to recover and recycle into useful products. The campaign also highlights the role of the public in the waste value chain, to move towards responsibility driven society by encouraging segregation of plastic waste.As part of the campaign, two mini collection centers have been set up at Connaught Place and Khan Market to promote responsible use of plastic and its disposal,” he said.

The Khan Market collection center has a target of collecting at least 80-100 kg plastic waste everyday. An awareness program is also being  organised in Khan Market on behavioral  change and followed by the inaugural exchange of plastic waste by safai sevak (waste pickers) who received Mask from the dignitaries.

The campaign’s goal is to ensure that around five tone of plastic waste is from our streets to responsibly recycle for better economic and social outcomes for safai sevak and better environmental outcomes for Delhi.