The answer to the city’s mounting garbage problems lies in the complete implementation of segregation of waste at source. But, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) can implement this only by bringing about a paradigm shift in the way citizens view solid waste management and cooperate with the civic body. However, due to lack of will to segregate waste, mixed waste is being sent to the new processing units. Despite knowing pretty well that segregation at source is a pre-requisite for the success of processing waste, BBMP has done precious little to enforce the segregation two-and-a-half years after it was made mandatory. Many solid waste management experts blame the...
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