GHMC instructs Hotels, to must have have Compost units

Hyderabad, The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has issued orders on Tuesday, making it mandatory for hotels and restaurants in the city generating bulk waste, to establish a compost unit inside their premises.

Citing the Soli Waste Management Rules, 2016, issued by the union government, the corporation has asked the hotels and restaurants generating more than 50 kilograms of waste per day to set up compost units.

This will make the bulk generators responsible for waste segregation and storage of organic waste at source point.

A composting unit may be set up in the area ranging anywhere from 40 to 200 square yards, and does not require power, a press statement from GHMC said.

The Swachh Bharat Mission, in its guidelines, mentioned the requirements for the units based on the size of the establishments, it said.