Work on implementing a major Solid Waste Management (SWM) scheme here will commence soon, said the Chairman, Udhagamandalam Municipal Council (UMC) R. Rajendran here on Monday. Speaking to The Hindu , he said that it will be implemented on a Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis at an estimated cost of Rs. 12 crore. Pointing out that the scheme had been evolved after a team of experts had conducted a detailed study of the situation here, he said that the population of the hill station was about a lakh and the daily floating population was on an average 10,000 with the figure shooting up to about one lakh on certain days of the season in Summer. Stating that the amount of garbage generated was on an average 3830 tonnes per day, Mr. Rajendran said that 60 per cent of it was bio-degradable, 20 percent non bio-degradable and 20 per cent re-cyclable. Announcement An important component of the proposed project will be segregation at source. As part of this, two 15 litre garbage bins would be given to each house. Larger bins would be placed in bus stands and tourist spots. At the dump yard in Theetukal on the outskirts of the town there would be a treatment plant and a waste re-cycling unit. Plastic pellets would be produced for laying roads.