BMC aims to decentralise waste management

MUMBAI: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is aiming to decentralise waste management in the city in order to reduce dumping at landfills like Deonar and Kanjurmarg, which are already at their saturation limit. The Praveen Pardeshi, Municipal Commissioner has directed officials to promote disposal and processing of waste at the ward level in a recent review meeting of the solid waste management department (SWD) of the corporation. Officials would be searching for vacant spaces in the wards which would be used to dispose and process the waste from the area, effectively lessening the load on Deonar and Kanjurmarg landfill sites.

As per the civic body’s claims, the city was generating up to 9,500 metric tonnes of waste daily in 2015, which was reduced to 7,200-7, 500 metric tonnes by 2018. This was mainly due to actions like penalising bulk generators and encouraging segregation and processing of wet and dry waste.