No public meeting organiser ever takes in to consideration waste management. Whether it is an exhibition or a hunger strike, it is rare to see dustbins.

Hawkers and vendors naturally gravitate to any large group, selling icecreams, tea-coffee, groundnuts, roasted corn and more. They too never provide a bin to collect the waste. The visitors eat and throw trash in corners, sometimes just anywhere.

At Freedom Park last week, visitors enthusiastically stuck stickers of I am Anna and wore Nehru topis. After a while you could see them on the ground.

It was heartening to read the IAC volunteers and others later helped leaned the lawns. A volunteer, Anirudh Prakash was quoted as saying,"It is an Indian thing to litter. But if we can’t ensure that do the cleaning, then what is the point of fighting against corruption." Well said.

While we talk about the second…

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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 the past three months. It all started with inspiration from Vellore Srinivasan, who has 16 years of experience in implementing Zero Waste Management (ZWM) Projects and the non-profit group AID India coming forward to fund the initial cost of implementing ZWM in NGV.

With tremendous support from residents, volunteers and the association, they kickstarted something that today can proudly be a shining example of their commitment and perseverance.

This model showcases the basic principles of ZWM, creating wealth from waste, creating employment to the needy and documenting all these activities, processes and best practices for future guidance and replication. The first month they generated 4347 kgs of waste out of which only…

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It is summer time and the youngsters at Regalia Apartment in Malleswaram were missing waste management awareness campaigns that they loved doing.A call from Mrs Meenakshi Byre Gowda got them excited as they got one more chance to talk and present their favorite topic 'managing waste at source'. A video of the event.

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Waste is not waste until wasted....

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Meet Ganesh, a rapicker. I met him when we went around Malleswaram with our Corporator.  We were trying to create solutions for the road-side garbage dumping.

Ganesh was retrieving recyclables from a dump near the Malleswaram Market on 9th cross. He was a very pleasant person and showed us his booty. I just started realising that he is an Eco Hero who is doing what we should be doing....Reduce ..Reuse ..Recycle.

I see a big conflict there: that dump is his bread and butter while we were looking at eliminating it!  Creating alternative options for these workers will be a win-win situation for the city.

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