City's apartment
complexes have joined hands to implement various effective waste management
systems. While some apartment associations turned to organic farming by using
bio-degradable waste generated from individual dwelling units, others have come
up with innovative ideas like using hollow tiles for paving the ground or
substituting CFLs with LED lights. Waste management experts, who have been visiting
apartment complexes as part of TOI's Clean Kochi initiative, said that
apartment residents are conscious of the waste they generate and the need to
conserve resources like rainwater. be promoted as it would ensure percolation
of rain water."