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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

Health hazard in Jayanagar

May 19, 2011 Shyam Sundar

This spot in Jayanagar 9th block 22nd Main, opp Turning point is used as a garbage dump. It is health hazard for residents. ⊕

Environment

Half-hearted, pollution watchdog goes after apartments

May 17, 2011 Navya P K

Karnataka’s pollution watchdog recently charged southeast Bangalore’s elite apartments with polluting the already threatened Bellandur lake. The cloud, though, is on the regulations more than the violators.

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Infrastructure

More and more groups hop on to zero waste

March 14, 2011 Navya P K

Working together, these communities have minimized waste, turned waste into resource and in the process, help BBMP garbage contract workers earn extra money.

Civic

From garden city to garbage city – but pay more for the privilege

February 21, 2011 Sakuntala Narasimhan

If the BBMP has failed to zero in on property tax defaulters, why should property owners pay for the inefficiency of the corporation, by shelling out 15 per cent more?

Infrastructure

Russell Market on clean up mode

November 29, 2010 Ritu Krutika

An initiative to segregate waste was launched at the Russell market recently. This was a joint effort by BBMP and the SWMRT, a citizen’s forum.

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Infrastructure

Why muck matters

July 26, 2010 Sakuntala Narasimhan

Mindless waste of tax payer money, helps boost GDP. Take the case of the drain cleaning works currently on from Sanjayanagar to Jayanagar.

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.

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