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Plastic tics

June 28, 2019 Revathi Siva Kumar

Plastics are elastic tics. They last, even if they know they aren’t wanted. They were banned, but never went away because they weren’t told about the law and didn’t care if they did. You might

An event to feature waste management innovations and solutions

November 30, 2018 Admin

Bengaluru division of Social Venture Partnerships is organising a focused one-day event to leverage the learnings of some civic innovators, RWA’s, associations, federations, large campuses and other stakeholders in the field of waste management. Experts

Catch them young: Teaching kids about handling garbage

August 9, 2017 Preethi Ravi

Teaching school kids to handle waste is a great move that will help make the future generation more responsible and cities more sustainable.

Residents of Ward 80 meet with Subodh Yadav to address the garbage menace

May 12, 2016 Sneha Nandihal

Monday, May 9th brought us a surprise – the Commissioner for SWM Bangalore, Subodh Yadav was coming to Ward 80 for an interaction with RWA’s, residents and civic officials. I say surprise, because we were

Rs 50,000 to clear garbage from an empty plot?

February 15, 2016 Praveen S

The empty plot became a garbage dump over the years. Pic: Praveen S During the end of November 2015, when the corporator and the ward engineer began cleaning up an vacant plot (plot number 60) located

Village becomes “swachh” with Rs 1.5 lakhs, cycle trolleys, bins and bags

September 3, 2015 News Desk

Bevinmara Colony – Before and After. Pic: Team FORCE-GW Bevinmara Colony is a small village in Whitefield surrounded by high-rise apartments and high-end villa communities. The village has about 300 households, 6 shops, 3 temples

Does education mean a more heightened awareness about one’s role in society?

November 25, 2014 Sruthi Krishnan

Author: Tanmayee Narendra What does it mean to be “educated”? Does education necessarily mean a more heightened awareness about one’s role in society? These are some questions that I was forced to ask myself after

Kasa-conscious

Here’s how Dry Waste Collection Centres started functioning in Bengaluru

November 5, 2014 Sruthi Krishnan

Author: Sieta Van Horck Bengaluru is full of such trash dumps, though the scenario might change for better in future. Pic:Sandro Miccoli Scenarios such as the picture above are, unfortunately, not uncommon for a person

Lakeside composting

July 16, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

There are finally corporators who are walking the talk on managing waste. Smt Nandini Srinivasa and Sri ME Pillappa (BBMP Wards 9 and 10 respectively) are taking a personal interest in trying to alleviate the

Memorial Church : a historic spot-fix

December 25, 2013 Ritu George

God knows Whitefield needs help. Therefore it may have been a wise move to have the next spot fix outside the historic Memorial Church. Dell brought an enthusiastic team out while Brigade sponsored the civil

Action plan for Solid waste management in Bangalore

December 4, 2012 Ashwin Mahesh

Background – According to our estimates (made through actual door-to-door surveys) there is no more than 3200 tonnes of waste collected in the city each day. Of this, about 1000 tonnes at the most is

A treasure of waste

NGV waste mgt project, a shining example

July 20, 2011 Vani Murthy

National Games Village has taken a lead in creating a sustainable zero waste community. Tungabhadra block in the games village have been actively involved in managing the waste their homes generate within their complex for

Youngsters talk waste management

May 30, 2011 Vani Murthy

Last month, it was summer holidays time and the youngsters at Regalia Apartment in Malleswaram were missing waste management awareness campaigns that they loved doing. A call from Meenakshi Byre Gowda got them excited as