trash Archives

Nomination for BBMP ward committees by 15th Jan

January 12, 2013 Navya P K

With High Court directing that ward committees be formed, corporators are to submit their nominees by Tuesday in a special BBMP session.

Governance

Collecting trash from apartments: BBMP says no, err, yes

December 3, 2012 Padmalatha Ravi

BBMP is going back and forth on whether they will collect garbage from apartments, whom they term bulk generators? If they don’t, how do apartments handle the generated trash?

Infrastructure

How your apartment complex can be a waste-free zone

November 11, 2012 Savita Hiremath

How to start? What are the non-negotiables? What is negotiable? What about training? Citizen Matters presents a step-by-step guide and more.

Understanding how to segregate waste

October 2, 2012 Pinky Chandran and Sandya Narayanan

Clarifying all you wanted to know about waste segregation – the what, why, where and how to do it! From food waste to recyclables, e-waste to biomedical waste.

Civic

Making Puttenahalli garbage free

December 13, 2010 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The before and after pictures of a spot near Puttenahalli Lake show that making the road free of garbage is not impossible.