The New Indian Express 01.11.2010
BBMP holds meet on garbage segregation
Deputy Mayor Dayanand announced that the Palike was exploring options to set up 30 new segregation units. He said the BBMP would pursue all efforts to make the city a zero-garbage zone.
Speaking at a programme to create awareness on garbage segregation at Aramane Nagar, he said initiatives such as this would help clean up the city and reduce the burden on the civic agencies.
He said people should take more responsibility and manage waste generated at their homes.
Palike Commissioner Siddaiah said people were responsible in keeping their surroundings clean.
Malleswaram MLA C N Ashwath Narayan said the civic agencies were ensuring that shortage of manpower, compactors, logistics and other hurdles were taken care of.
Dr M S Shivaprasad said garbage could be used as a source of revenue generation as well and that could translate into developmental works in the city.
Blue and Yellow dustbins were distributed to 100 households for dry and wet waste.
The programme also threw some light on the benefits of effective waste management such as recycling and reusing of plastic and fuel and energy saving.
The forum also stressed that wet waste can be recycled into manure or biogas, whereas dry waste can be recycled to get crude oil.
