How others do it Bangalore can take a leaf out of these cities’
best practices Delhi Municipal Corporation handles about 7,000
metric tonnes of waste every day but has three landfills at
Ghazipur, Okhla and Narela. Although the corporation claims it
recycles waste and builds concrete blocks from it, the civic
body hasn’t set targets for recycling and reducing waste
generation. Recently, the administration planned to collect silt
and sanitary water to treat and reuse. BMC spends about Rs 300
crore a year for garbage collection and disposal. There are
5,800 garbage bins across 3,700 collection spots and 1,100
vehicles to collect and transport about 6,500 tonnes of waste
generated every day. Over 27,000 conservancy workers and
contractors lift the garbage and deposit it at Deonar. The total
expenditure incurred by the Solid Waste Management department
has doubled from Rs 692 crore in 2007-08 to Rs 1,219 crore in
2010-11. Kochi, with a population of 6 lakh people generates
only 250 tonnes of waste a day. Earlier,