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HomeWaste Management

Waste Management

Close monitoring of all forms of waste management by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (and other suburban municipalities); the practices followed and their effectiveness; the role of and impact on waste generators and conservancy workers.

Infrastructure

BBMP paurakarmikas sort out garbage on a busy bridge

May 24, 2010 S Srinivasan

After collecting garbage from the nearby localities using hand carts and three-wheeler vehicles, the paurakarmikas dump it on the side of the bridge.

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Infrastructure

What to reuse, how to recycle

December 14, 2009 Vinita

All about waste management. What can be recycled, what can be reused? where can you donate stuff and more.

Civic

City’s waste management enthusiasts come together at Malleshwaram

December 8, 2009 Lavanya Keshavamurthy

The workshop was aimed for people passionate about solid waste management to come under one roof.

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Civic

Being eco-friendly does come easy

November 29, 2009 Savita Hiremath

A resident learns to segregate dry waste, wet waste, metal waste, e-waste, bio-waste, plastic waste.

Civic

How we started segregating our waste

November 29, 2009 Sandya Narayanan

A sea of plastic bags were sitting around, while all our children were playing in the driveway. An accidental wrong hit and and they would be scrambling amongst the garbage looking for their ball . Something had to be done. And fast.

Infrastructure

Domestic help play a role in effective waste management

October 26, 2009 Ramaswamy OP

A interactive session on waste management cum tea party for domestic help at Mayflower apartment, was part of the waste management campaign by residents.

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Civic

Making of a garbage free zone

August 9, 2009 D R Prakash

Osborne road becomes garbage free, entire neighbourhood expected to follow suit.

Environment

Toxic landfill at Dobbaspet worries residents

May 25, 2009 Anirban Sen

A landfill of hazardous electronic and biomedical waste starts functioning in Bangalore’s outskirts. Is the government’s solution for the city’s garbage disposal issues safe?

Infrastructure

How this JP Nagar flat community cuts down its waste

March 11, 2009 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Residents of the Brigade Millennium complex launched a ‘Blue Drum Campaign’ recently to manage waste better. Guards, housekeepers, maids, children and parents all got involved and it has worked.

Health

Hospital waste dumped off Kanakapura Road

November 3, 2008 Meera Iyer

The waste has been traced to Apollo Hospitals. Both Apollo and its waste contractor denied the dumping.

Commute

Plastic-blended roads now the norm

July 1, 2008 Supriya Khandekar

If there is a silver lining to Bangalore’s infrastructural woes, it may be this. Plastic-blended roads have become the standard, and are here to stay.

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Infrastructure

Still lying on the footpath

March 4, 2008 Srijaya N Char

One lady with a wheelbarrow. Another with a helper in a three wheeler to collect. Even other people to clean the drain. Yet
at 10 AM, the streets…

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Infrastructure

Citizens act to improve garbage collection and disposal

July 19, 2007 Rajeev Yeshwanth

Several citizens groups are working on improving Solid Waste Management.

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