India, Oct. 15 -- Housing societies in Thane will have to install organic waste recycling units on their premises, as part of an initiative of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to reduce the pile-up of waste and to make waste disposal environment-friendly.

Societies that generate 100kg of organic waste daily - kitchen waste and garden waste - are covered under this initiative.

The TMC has decided to enforce the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 (MSW Rules), which are applicable to every municipal authority responsible for the collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste.

To help implement the initiative, a bulk waste generator cell (BWG) has been set up ...