Bengaluru Waste Management

For residents of a south-east Bengaluru suburb the smell of rotting garbage is now and every day affair. After failing to convince authorities to relocate the waste management plant which they say is to blame for the persistent stink, they have brought their movement to the streets.

Solid waste management continues to remain one of the biggest civic challenges faced by Bengaluru. Segregation of garbage at source is still not happening much, waste management plants are still being readied and the existing units cannot cope with the city's estimated 4,000 tonnes of garbage a day. Dumping of organic waste after festivals makes th...

As part of a new Bengaluru Rising initiative, 10000 people have been questioned across the city to understand what their biggest civic concerns are - and to convey those priorities to the city's mayor and corporators.

Bengaluru may have been ranked as the country's cleanest state capital based on Swachh Bharat parameters of open defecation and solid waste management, but some of the residents would disagree about the city's overall civic amenities. In the IT hub of Whitefield area, members of the citizen's group, Whitefield Rising, are observing Black Friday as ...

For residents of a south-east Bengaluru suburb the smell of rotting garbage is now and every day affair. After failing to convince authorities to relocate the waste management plant which they say is to blame for the persistent stink, they have brought their movement to the streets.

Solid waste management continues to remain one of the biggest civic challenges faced by Bengaluru. Segregation of garbage at source is still not happening much, waste management plants are still being readied and the existing units cannot cope with the city's estimated 4,000 tonnes of garbage a day. Dumping of organic waste after festivals makes th...

As part of a new Bengaluru Rising initiative, 10000 people have been questioned across the city to understand what their biggest civic concerns are - and to convey those priorities to the city's mayor and corporators.

Bengaluru may have been ranked as the country's cleanest state capital based on Swachh Bharat parameters of open defecation and solid waste management, but some of the residents would disagree about the city's overall civic amenities. In the IT hub of Whitefield area, members of the citizen's group, Whitefield Rising, are observing Black Friday as ...