Gurgaon: MCG has issued a notice to all bulk waste generators, such as hospitals, hotels and other commercial complexes , for violation of the solid waste management rules and not segregating waste at source.According to the MCG officials, any building or establishment which generates over 100kg waste per day is considered as a waste bulk generator and is responsible for ensuring segregation of waste at source before handing it over to any government agency for further processing. “Under the solid waste management rules, if any bulk waste generator is found handing over unsegregated garbage to an authorised waste collector, user charges at twice the rate would be applicable,” read the notice.The notice, however, clarified that RWAs or condominiums which carry out segregation of waste at source or decentralised waste composting and send the dry waste to designated waste handling sites will be exempted from user charges. “All those condominiums which are composting waste at their individual levels are exempt from user charges,” said a senior MCG official.This comes after reports that Ecogreen Energy Pvt Ltd, a private firm recently hired by MCG for waste management in the city, was demanding user charges from residential societies which don’t avail its services. MCG recently hired Ecogreen to set up a waste-to-energy plant at Bandhwari. The agency is also responsible for door-to-door waste collection, its segregation and proper disposal.There was a lot of confusion among multiple residential condominiums, which have opted to segregate and compost waste on their own, till MCG clarified that they do not have to pay user charges to Ecogreen. “Residential societies can continue making use of their decentralised waste systems. However, we won’t be able to support them financially, which we had been doing till now,” said an official with MCG.Ecogreen has been at centre of controversies since it recently kicked off services in the city. Condominiums using services of the agency have complained of inefficiency and loopholes.

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