Bangalore city generates almost 3,500 tons of waste daily which is collected by the garbage collection vans and is taken to the landfill sites around the city for garbage disposal. With time, the availability of landfills for dumping waste is becoming difficult. Moreover, all the landfill sites are reported to be contaminating the underground water, [...]
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What is Waste Management? Learn from Apartments in Bangalore
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Recycling of Waste For Effective Waste Management
Thursday, January 5th, 2012Whether it’s our daily routine at home or a party, waste assembly is unavoidable. Thus it is one’s prime responsibility to participate in its management. Awareness Programs and teamwork of people are prerequisite in this case. But the question arises here how this waste can be managed? You must have certainly heard about the three [...]
New Urban Reuse Standards For Treated Wastewater Prescribed By KSPCB
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011The new norms and guidelines for Domestic Sewage Treatment Plant shows Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is tempting apartment complex in cities to violate the norms. According to source, KSPCB is imposing “Urban Reuse Standards” for quality of treated water from Domestic Sewage Treatment Plants (STP). Apartment owners association, RWA and residents of apartment [...]
Bangalore Solid Waste Management Cess
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will charge Solid Waste Management Cess along with BBMP property tax 2011-12. Property owners would get a form, along with the self-assessment property tax forms at BBMP revenue offices for Solid Waste Management Cess. The solid waste management cess has to be paid within 60 days from the commencement of the [...]
The Ecobiopack Sewage treatment system
Friday, February 11th, 2011Overflowing and untreated sewage is a common sight in many parts of Bangalore. A short ride away from Indiranagar a large number of layouts do not have underground drainage. Houses either build soak pits or let out the sewage into storm water drains. This eventually leads to pollution of ground water. Such is the case [...]
10 Creative Ways to Recycle
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” waste hierarchy. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. Many apartment complexes have recycling bins for residents to use, and allow for regular city pickup of recyclables. Everyone can [...]
Tips for Proper Waste Management in Apartments
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The city development authorities in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi are making it mandatory for large apartments to install solid waste management. The success and failure of waste management lies in the hands of one and all residents in that apartment complex. Installing solid waste management plants in apartment in not an alien concept, [...]
