Garbage in Bangalore
Students of Vasavi Vidya Niketan (VVN) College, VV Puram are knocking each and every doors of the residents of Basavanagudi asking them to donate dry waste. The students are collecting a minimum of one tonne of dry waste every fortnight, recycling it and contributing immensely to reducing the load that goes to the landfills. Some [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP committee explained that different approaches will be adopted to handle various types of waste. The committee made it very clear that the residents will be punished if segregation is not done at source. BBMP will not collect waste which are not segregated. Apartments in Bangalore too will have to segregate waste at source. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has marked 600 acres of land near Togarighatta village in Koratagere taluk of Tumkur district in order to dump garbage. A private developer has proposed to build a garbage processing unit in Togarighatta for which both the State Pollution Control Board and BBMP have given the green signal. The [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- All residents are likely to be asked not to mix up biomedical waste with municipal solid waste. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning on making it mandatory to segregate biomedical waste generated by residences. The Palike would authorise agencies to deal with biomedical waste and it will be ensured that residents give [...] Continue Reading »
It seems there is no end to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) garbage woes with 15,000 tonnes of uncleared garbage, the Palike is having hard times to deal with the mounting waste generated by the ongoing festival season. Despite working overtime to clear the waste piled up across the City, the Palike’s workers could remove [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage will finally be taken care of in Bangalore city! Organic waste converter plants are to be installed by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at all its 198 wards. Every day, 5000 tonnes of garbage is being collected from households. Out of which, 40% of the wastes are organic and can be converted. Currently, there [...] Continue Reading »
