BMC puts 100kg cap on waste for collection

In a new directive, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will not collect garbage if it weighs more than 100 kilograms (kg). This includes huge complexes, hotels, restaurants, malls and large spaces.

A senior civic officer from the solid waste management (SWM) department stated that even after instructing the public to keep dry and wet waste bins separately most of them fail to segregate waste.

“The civic corporation under Solid Waste Management Act (SWM) of 2016 has decided not to collect waste in hotels, restaurants, malls and big societies which produces more than 100 kg of waste. Under the Act if anybody produces more than 100 kg of waste then they have to compost their wet waste in-house itself.

BMC is set to issue a circular at the ward level regarding this. The officer added, “All assistant municipal commissioners have been directed by the headquarters to intimate those who produce not more than 100 kg waste daily. Moreover, special training would be given to them regarding segregation and benefit of separating garbage.”

Earlier the civic corporation issued notices to housing societies for not segregating waste and warned them that if they continue to do so, then the waste would not be picked up from their premises any more. Adding to it now the BMC has come up with another idea of no more waste collection if it is beyond 100 kg everyday.

The civic body has been facing flak for not finding a solution to Mumbai’s waste management. The city produces around 8,600 metric tonnes of waste daily.

From now on the BMC clean-up marshals will be seen in markets to check on those littering