Bengaluru generates about 3000 - 3500 tons of Solid Waste daily. We carry out collection,
street sweeping, transportation, processing and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste
from generators. We follow a door to door collection system for waste which is then
sent to the respective processing facilities based on the stream. Only reject and
inert waste is sent to the landfill.
City Status
Since 2012 we have aimed to transform the once prevalent SWM system of dumping mixed
waste (landfill), into stream-wise value extraction (processing). The progress and
activities have been listed under the respective components of the Municipal Solid
Waste Management System.
Key Statistics
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Name of the City
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Bangalore(BBMP)
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Population
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96 Lakhs
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Area (Sq. Km.)
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800 Sq kms
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Number of Households in the city/town
Number of non-residential premises
Number of election/administrative wards
Street Length (incl. roads, streets, lanes, bye-lanes in the city that
need to be cleaned)
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27 Lakhs Approx.
3.5 lakhs
198 wards
14,356 kms
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Quantity of Solid Waste generated (excl. C&D Waste)
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3500 TPD
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Waste Treatment Technologies used
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Several Processing Units have been set up which adopt various technologies - Composting,
Windrow Composting, Bio-methanation, Vermi-composting, Pelletizing/briquetting/RDF,
Incineration (Sanitary Waste)
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No. of sanitary landfill sites available with the local body
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3 no of quarry pits have been identified and developed for scientific disposal of
MSW
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Hazardous
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Waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health
or environment. Waste listed in Hazardous waste management rules 1989 - batteries,
cleaning fluids, pesticides etc.)
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Action Plan prepared for improving solid waste management practices in city
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Ward wise Micro plan is prepared for effective implementation of SWM
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Special Streams of Waste Dairy related activities:
Slaughter houses waste:
C&D waste (construction debris):
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Separate vehicles have been designated for collection of cow dung and supplied to
Bio gas plants.
Animal waste is being collected separately and disposed by deep burial method at
Kogilu, Yelahanka.
Guide lines have been issued for C &D waste management. Tenders for collection,
Transportation and processing of C & D Waste are under progress.
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Innovative ideas being developed
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1. Festival Waste management
2. Bulk waste management
3. Focusing on source segregation/imposing penalties on defaulters
4. Actively involved NGOs, RWAs, Suchimitras, SHGs in monitoring SWM activities.
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Bengaluru’s SWM Journey
The build-up of negative impacts of pollution (air, water & soil) due to open dumping
(especially for the village communities living alongside) & a rapidly urbanising
metropolis, coupled with a steep population growth had put extreme pressure on our
city’s SWM system. September 2012 saw the shutting down of 6 of the city’s 7 landfills
which led to mountains of waste rotting on city streets & large scale opening burning.
Collection too had to be stalled for over a week, as there were no landfills available
to take waste. The city had barely any infrastructure for processing & nearly no
investment in recycling due to underdeveloped regulations and a lack of incentives.
The challenge since then has been to transform this system in a short span of time
through initiating decentralised processing instead of dumping of waste.
In order to enable a self-sustaining & efficient new system that is quick to execute,
the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka intervened and set up a specialised SWM Cell
& an Expert Committee to work with the BBMP SWM/Health department. In consultation
with think-tanks, experts, civil society groups, waste picker collectives, academicians
& private players, we have since then defined principles to guide the city's plan
that is integrated and inclusive.
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