The Suchitwa Mission, which is coordinating the activities of solid waste management in the State, is planning to launch a programme for compressing waste material into bales and packing it so as to process it later.

The initiative is being undertaken in the wake of the delay in executing its earlier plan to set up waste management units in major cities. The work on preparing bales and packing the solid waste will be done by competent agencies, to be selected through an official selection process. The project is to be launched at Thiruvanathapuram before being extended to other cities.