pune taking care of domestic plastic and electronic waste will not be your headache any more as the pune municipal corporation pmc plans to set up 200 disposal facilities across the city soon segregating plastic and ewaste is the objective behind the initiativecivic officials say that innovative methods are required to deal with the problem as nearly 15 of the total waste generated in the city every day is plastic the civic administration has been cracking down on manufacturers and users of plastic carry bags having thickness below 50 microns but the menace persistsopening the collection points will have multiple benefits the administration will be able to get segregated garbage and citizens will get dedicated place to dispose of their waste said suresh jagtap head of pmcs solid waste management department while speaking to toithe number of locations is very high and citizens will be able to find a centre near their homes making disposal easy the locations have been finalised and tenders to set up the units will be issued soon the units will be located along roadside gardens railway stations and bus stops and areas of public gatheringpune generates nearly 1600 tonne garbage every day waste disposal is an acute problem due to nonavailability of sites in the city at present the citys garbage is sent to the processing plant in phursungi and uruli villages a plant has also been set up at ramtekdi besides small processing units have been set up in different wards these plants are not working to their full capacity which has led to open dumpingthe initiative will be a publicprivate partnership project and the administration will seek help of corporate firms said subhash kadam a senior official with the solid waste management departmenteach unit will have three sections first section for plastic second for ewaste and third will be only for water or colddrink bottles and cans the generated waste will be given for recycling the units will not only collect and segregate the garbage but will also be a source of income for the administration it will have space for advertising which will be rented to potential advertisers