The BMC recently sent letters to some five star hotels requesting them to dispose their own garbage.
After facing a space crunch in the dumping grounds of the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requested buildings to dispose or manage the garbage they generate within its premises by using methods of composting or utilise it for generation of bio-gas.
The BMC recently sent letters to some five star hotels requesting them to dispose their own garbage. The BMC is also planning to request the new buildings coming up in the city to manage their waste on their own.
The BMC sent a letter to hotels like the Taj group, Hyatt and Oberoi hotels, and like HPCL, MbPT and Mumbai University, requesting them to take steps to dispose the garbage.
The BMC is facing a space crunch on its dumping ground. The Gorai dumping has been closed down. In next few years, the Mulund dumping would also be shut as it has reached its capacity.
The BMC is also working on a scientific closure of the Deonar dumping ground - only half of it would be available in future. The Kanjur Marg dumping ground has still not opened. In such a scenario, the BMC is searching for a solution to dispose the city’s garbage.
“If the big companies, hotels and organisations find their own way, it will be good for the city. We have requested some institutes to try and reduce their garbage and manage it on their own,” said Bhalchandra Patil, chief engineer, solid waste management of the BMC. Every day, about 8,000tonnes of garbage is generated in the city, out of which 6,500tonnes is only waste and 1,500tonnes debris.
The BMC have to transport it from the city to the dumping grounds. “If the big companies manage to get rid of the garbage on their own, the BMC’s transportation cost could be saved,” said an official from the BMC.
According to officials, the Mumbai Education Trust (MET) and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences have their own solid waste management plants and they never depend on the BMC’s dumper to remove their garbage.
“This will definitely reduce the burden on the civic body. While asking the buildings or citizens to dispose their garbage, the BMC have to give incentives to these buildings,” said Ashish Shelar, BJP group leader in the BMC.
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