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Societies yet to get serious about waste

BMC’s Solid Waste Management organised an exhibition of three days in Worli to guide societies on composting methods

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While the BMC is firm on its stand that October 2 onwards it will not collect wet garbage from residential societies, based on an area more than 20,000 sq m, and from commercial or residential premises that generate more than 100 kilograms of garbage daily, only four per cent of the establishments issued notices by the BMC in this regard have approached the corporation regarding compulsory waste segregation and composting.

So far, the BMC has served notices to more than 5,304 housing societies and commercial establishments for compulsory waste segregation and composting of wet waste on their premises. However, only around 234 of these have approached the BMC.

In July, civic chief Ajoy Mehta announced that from October 2, around 6,500 societies and commercial establishments across the BMC's 24 wards will have to compulsorily segregate waste into dry and wet waste, hand over the dry waste to the municipal waste collection vehicle, while compost the wet waste on their premises.

"We have served notices to societies which generate more than 100 kg of garbage but to bigger societies which generate 125 kg to 150 kg, notices are yet to be served. Our door-to-door survey is going on and around 1,300 more societies will get notices this month," said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Vijay Balamwar.

Meanwhile, Mehta has directed all 24 civic ward officers to arrange exhibitions on waste segregation and methods of composting. All the wards have also been directed to visit the societies and guide residents on waste segregation and set up help desks in the ward for solving queries.

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  • BMC’s Solid Waste Management organised an exhibition of three days in Worli to guide societies on composting methods.
     
  • Wards like K-East and West, R-North and H-West arranged exhibitions to encourage residents towards waste segregation
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