As part of the drive, a team of 800 volunteers were stationed at 112 centres, in eight zones of Pimpri-Chinchwad area.
Electronic-waste, comprising 900 kg of cellphone chargers and USB chords, about 1,000 cellphones, including the latest models of iPhone, 17 LCD screen TVs, a total of 50 CPUs and UPS, and 21 monitors, was collected within 10 hours of a pilot drive conducted in the jurisdiction of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Sunday. At the end of the day, the volunteers weighed in with more than 2.5 tonnes of collected waste.
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