Chennai first city in India to get online portal to exchange reusable products

Chennai | Saturday | 14th December, 2019

Summary:

Omjasvin M D ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Chennai residents can now buy and sell reusable and recycled products online as the Greater Chennai Corporation on Friday launched a new website that facilitates waste-trading. The first-of-its-kind website in India, www.madraswasteexchange.com, has a variety of products made from dry and wet waste such as school bags, slippers, vermi-compost, manure, coconut powder, lemon dishwash among other products. All the products are priced suitably and is available in 210 Resource Recovery Points (RRPs) across the city. ‘‘This exchange platform online may have a wider reach now with more people buying and selling. This website is part of the Smart City Mission and currently, the civic body only sells dry and wet waste..