Bangalore generates around 5000 metric tonnes of garbage per day, with 40% being wet waste and 60% being dry, recyclable waste. The city spends Rs. 120 crores annually to transport this garbage to neighboring villages. Citizens and the municipal body should work together to segregate waste at source and establish dry waste collection centers and composting facilities in each ward to reduce garbage output and earn revenue from compost sales instead of incurring transportation costs. This would help transform Bangalore from a garbage city to a garden city.
Bangalore generates around 5000 metric tonnes of garbage per day, with 40% being wet waste and 60% being dry, recyclable waste. The city spends Rs. 120 crores annually to transport this garbage to neighboring villages. Citizens and the municipal body should work together to segregate waste at source and establish dry waste collection centers and composting facilities in each ward to reduce garbage output and earn revenue from compost sales instead of incurring transportation costs. This would help transform Bangalore from a garbage city to a garden city.
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Bangalore generates around 5000 metric tonnes of garbage per day, with 40% being wet waste and 60% being dry, recyclable waste. The city spends Rs. 120 crores annually to transport this garbage to neighboring villages. Citizens and the municipal body should work together to segregate waste at source and establish dry waste collection centers and composting facilities in each ward to reduce garbage output and earn revenue from compost sales instead of incurring transportation costs. This would help transform Bangalore from a garbage city to a garden city.
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#31/1, 1st Floor, M K Puttalingaiah Road, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore-560 070.
Tel: 2669 9085/4209 4062
GARBAGE CITY to GARDEN CITY
1. Bangalore generates about 5000 MTs of garbage every day 2. Out of this 40% is WET WASTE (2000MTs) & 60% is dry recyclable waste (3000 Mts) 3. We spend nearly Rs. 120.00 crores to shift this garbage to our neighboring villages and create problems for them 4. With our present system it is logistically impossible to avoid transit garbage dumping points and we will forever remain a GARBAGE CITY 5. What needs to be done by the various stakeholders – the citizens and BBMP? By the Citizens: A. Segregate at Source into Wet Waste & Dry Waste; hand over only wet waste to BBMP #31/1, 1st Floor, M K Puttalingaiah Road, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore-560 070. Tel: 2669 9085/4209 4062
B. Store Dry Waste and ask your maid to
dispose it off periodically. It gives your maid an additional income By BBMP A. Collect only wet waste from residential buildings B. Establish Dry waste Collection & Segregation Centers in all the 198 wards within 2 years and start collection of dry waste from households C. Also establish Composting centers in various locations across the city and in every ward and convert wet waste into Compost and sell it. #31/1, 1st Floor, M K Puttalingaiah Road, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore-560 070. Tel: 2669 9085/4209 4062
What do we achieve by the above:
i. We reduce the garbage to be shifted by 60% - to 2000 MTs from 5000 MTs ii. In 2 years by establishing dry waste collection and segregation centers and composting centers on a ward wise basis, we will achieve a Zero Garbage output on a ward wise basis. iii. Instead of spending Rs. 120 crores per annum, we will earn at least Rs.80 crores per annum from Garbage iv. There will be no garbage dumps in the city