Festival waste generation reduces this year

Owing to the pandemic, Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami celebrations have been low-key, leading to reduced festival waste generation as per office of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) cell of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

Festival waste, largely comprising banana stems, ash gourds and flowers, was generated over the past two days. Every year, around 20% excess waste is generated during the last two days of Dasara festival. This year, however, with celebrations low-key, the waste generated was just around 10% in excess, reports The Hindu.

Every day, the BBMP has been sending nearly 1,500 tonnes of waste to the six waste processing plants. Around 300 truck loads of mixed waste are dumped in the landfill at Mittaganahalli.