Pune can be carbon neutral by 2025: Aditya Thackeray

PUNE: State environment minister Aditya Thackeray on Wednesday said the city could be carbon neutral by 2025 and it had already been following environment-friendly practices regarding solid waste management.
“The Pune-pattern of eco-friendly products and practices can be implemented in other parts of the state too,” he said.
Thackeray was speaking at the release of the policy road map ‘Making Pune Metropolitan Region Carbon Neutral by 2030’ organized by the Pune International Centre (PIC).
“Models like waste-to-energy have been tried in Pune. Garbage segregation is being undertaken. I have been trying to replicate such initiative in the assembly constituency I represent. It is an ideal model, which can be followed not just statewide, but also across the country,” he added. Thackeray said that Pune’s effort in maintaining the green cover and promoting cycling are noteworthy.