Waste Management

Some of the sewage generated in Bengaluru is disposed of efficiently, but the city still uses manual scavengers to handle the rest. How can this stop? How do we find ways to deal with our waste responsibly?

The eco-group Indian Ploggers Army has been collecting unused smartphones, toys and books, and distributing these to children in need. The initiative has helped many children access online classes even as it ensures sustainable waste management.

If you are in home quarantine or isolation, the waste from your household should be considered as biomedical waste and disposed of carefully. What are the rules on such disposal? Whom should you hand over the waste to? Here’s an explainer.

Over the past decade, Bengaluru’s citizen activists were able to push the government to adopt sustainable waste management practices. Though garbage remains an issue in the city, they continue their work with optimism.

During lockdown, workers in Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) are dealing with hazardous waste, and are unable to segregate and transport waste on time.

Five challenges in managing waste during pandemic times, and how we can handle them.

Residents of Chikkanagamangala, near Electronic City, say the project proponent lacks sufficient experience to run such a plant, and that the plant could lead to dangerous levels of pollution in the area.

KSPCB has sent notices to hundreds of apartments in the city, alleging they are discharging untreated sewage. Apartments have gone to court against what they call an arbitrary action.

Defiance from public, political intervention, non-cooperation of police is making their job difficult.

ವೇಸ್ಟ್-ಟು-ಎನರ್ಜಿ ಘಟಕಗಳಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿತವಾಗಲಿರುವ ಇಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಾನಿಕ್ ಸಿಟಿಯ ನಿವಾಸಿಯೊಬ್ಬರು, ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಈ ಘಟಕಗಳಿಗೆ ಒತ್ತು ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಏಕೆ ಸಮಂಜಸವಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ

A resident of Electronic City, where one of the Waste-to-Energy plants is slated to come up, analyses why BBMP’s push for the plants is misguided

Recently BBMP levied huge fines on apartments that did not compost their waste in situ. Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) has condemned the move, saying SWM Rules don’t mandate in situ composting at all