trichy the threeday exhibition hosted by the trichy corporation concluded here sending across a message to recycle waste at home and harvest rainwater to meet domestic needs about 3500o turned up for the event which has stalls selling portable waste recycling kits and terrace gardening productsapart from seeing good sales the exhibition on solid waste management swm and rainwater harvesting rwh received related enquiries from the public sources said with around 50 stalls the exhibition served as a platform for residents and students to learn about sustainable practices in swm companies that displayed home composting gadgets such as green bins and automatic composting machines that produce manure from biodegradable waste in a stipulated time said the enquiries they received about products are encouraging bulk waste generators such as hotels and wedding halls made enquiries about the automatic composter and largescale green bins to recycle wasteelectricity powered waste recycling machines that require less space had a high demand the corporation official added apart from the waste recycling mechanisms stalls displaying environmentfriendly primary packing bags and plates made of corn starch and sugarcane bagasse were thronged by the tradersthe corporation has planned to conduct swm exhibition periodically to promote sustainable living among the residents by encouraging waste recycling within the households thus limiting citys waste generation capacity