Approximately 58.5% of the city’s waste generation is from households, 49.7% from commercial establishments and 6.8% from street sweeping. The Per Capita waste generation from regular households in the city is 309g and that from slums is 300g.
Of the total waste generated, approximately 23.8% is of the waste is attributed to Bulk Generators.
In line with the MSW Rules, Bengaluru has identified 4 basic streams of waste – Wet, Dry, Sanitary and Reject/Inert Waste. Additionally we have moved towards segregating, collecting and processing other special streams like coconut/sugarcane, Leaf/Garden Waste, animal waste, E-waste and construction and debris.
The indicative composition of waste is listed in the table below:

We have classified the streams waste into two categories – Value generating streams (can be processed) and No value streams. Value generating streams include wet, dry, leaf/garden, coconut/ sugarcane and E-waste. No value streams include street sweeping inert, animal, sanitary and construction debris waste.