Waste segregation
Pune- The orders issued by Karnataka high court regarding waste segregation and management has inspired the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to get rid of garbage mismanagement in Pune. The court, stressing on waste segregation at source in Bangalore, ordered that residents have to segregate dry and wet waste at household level and then the segregated [...] Continue Reading »
Above 90 apartment complexes in the town have tied up with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) to set up bio-bins in their compound to help deal with the particular rubbish managing problems. They have installed four bio-bins to process the garbage collected from 86 apartment units in the complex. They [...] Continue Reading »
D Venkatesh Murthy, Mayor inaugurated a new waste segregation unit near Mathikere, in north-west Bangalore which can hold 4-5 tonnes of waste after segregation. The centre is built at a cost of Rs 65 lakh and to prevent spreading of foul smell in the neighbourhood. They have also constructed a compound wall surrounding it. BBMP is [...] Continue Reading »
The Deputy Chief Minister and city in-charge R. Ashok has stated that the garbage problem will end up in four days following the crank up of the State Government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). CHief Minister Jagdish Chettar told that government is looking for a permanent solution and five dumping yards have been [...] Continue Reading »
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) commissioner R A Rajeev has offered a 5% property tax reduction to housing societies who reduce their waste by more than 50% and recycle the waste generated in their compounds. More than 700 plus metric tonnes of waste is generated every day and dumped into the private landfills or illegally burnt [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is seriously working on the sanitation issues in the city. They have wrote to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) seeking permission to dump garbage from the city over 22 acres of land over to the civic body authority. Communities around Mandur are keeping a strict vigilance to [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court lashed out at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) upon hearing two public interest litigations. The High Court criticised BBMP for the piling up of garbage in the city and directed the civic agency to file a status report on garbage segregation on November 6, 2012. The court expressed displeasure over [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) plans to bring in developers to help them out to segregate waste. It has already conveyed their wish to Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) – Bangalore. BBMP sources say that the waste management plan is an ambitious one and they want to educate developers in [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sources say that expenditure on solid waste management may come down soon. The civic body spends around Rs 400 crore on solid waste management at present. The contractors participated in the new garbage tenders had quoted up to 40 per cent less. With relaxation of terms and conditions in [...] Continue Reading »
As Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) sets a deadline of October 1 for waste segregation for the residents, Red Bus, the largest bus ticketing company of India, organised an awareness programme on their office premises in Domlur on 28th September. The programme was organised by the employees of Red Bus and included an in depth presentation [...] Continue Reading »
