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Recycle with us

Kodaikanal faces serious waste management challenges due to its unique hill-station setting.

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Reduce your Landfill Load

Limited infrastructure, difficult terrain, and ecological sensitivity make it hard to process the growing volume of waste generated by households, tourism, and industries. Whether segregated or not, most of your waste ends up in a dump yard in Prakashapuram—an area surrounded by farming communities, the Tiger Shola Forest, and the Perumalmalai Stream.

 

 

It Starts at Home

Waste management begins where waste is created—your home. Start by separating your waste into three simple categories:

  • Trash

  • Compostables

  • Recyclables

Bring your clean, dry, and empty recyclables to our drop-off center to ensure they don’t end up in the landfill.

 

What We Do

At our community recycling facility, we sort your recyclables into 23 categories and ensure they are responsibly sent to recycling units in the plains. All you have to do is drop it off—we’ll take care of the rest.

 

Drop-Off Details

📍 Locations:

  • CEH Office at the KMU, 7 Roads Junction

  • CEH Campus Recycling Facility, Swedish Hill, Upper Shola Road

🕘 Hours:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

When you arrive, we’ll weigh your materials and take them in for secondary sorting.

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What We Accept ✅

We collect materials that are recyclable within Dindigul District, including:

  • Hard plastics (e.g., bottles, containers)

  • All types of paper and cardboard

  • Metal (e.g., cans, tins, foil)

  • Glass (jars, bottles)

  • E-waste (batteries, wires, small electronics)

A full list of acceptable items will be provided at the drop-off center.

What We Don't Accept ❌

Unfortunately, we cannot accept items that are:

  • Wet, dirty, or mixed waste

  • Food-contaminated packaging

  • Thin plastic films or wrappers

  • Non-recyclables like thermocol