Zone X tops requests for doorstep collection of waste

Greater Chennai Corporation’s Saturday drive of collecting old sofas, clothes, beds and furniture is 14 editions old, as on January 10, 2026. The collections are carried out on the basis of requests made by the public on the helpline number 1913.

According to an official from the Solid Waste Department of GCC, they have received 1,078 requests from the public since the drive was launched on October 11, with maximum requests for doorstep pickup of waste coming from Zone X (236).

“Close to 665 metric tonnes of the afore-mentioned waste was processed by the incinerator in Kodungaiyur,” says the official.

The public can make a request through the GCC helpline number, through the Namma Chennai app or through WhatsApp number 9445061913, mentioning details of the items they have kept ready for disposal.

The request is passed on to the respective conservancy inspector of the zone who coordinates on the time for the doorstep pick-up. Once collected, the items will be taken to GCC’s incinerator in Kodungaiyur.

Allotting a fixed day of the week for the drive helped impart good recall value to it; in other words, it was difficult for residents to forget and ignore it. Regular updates on GCC’s social media pages helped spread the word about the drive.

The drive will continue. Officials however want to dispel one misconception: that doorstep does not mean entering one’s home to collect the items. The official explains: “The things to be collected must be kept outside the door just before the team is expected to come.”