Padmaja Jayaraman was a Reporter with the Chennai Chapter of Citizen Matters. While pursuing her MA in Journalism and Mass Communication at Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru, she worked as a freelance journalist for publications like The Hindu MetroPlus, Deccan Herald, Citizen Matters and Madras Musings. She also holds a B.Sc in Chemistry from Madras Christian College, Chennai. During her leisure, you can find her making memes and bingeing on documentaries.
Material Recovery Facilities in Chennai are not maintained well enough to realise Chennai’s waste management goals. Less than 50% of the dry waste is processed.