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THOSE WHO HAVE INSTALLED COMPOSTING UNITS WILL GET INCENTIVES

WHO ARE BULK GENERATORS?

Offers to pick up waste for a year after which composting units will be made mandatoryThere is some good news for apartment associations that are struggling to streamlineby installing in-house waste composting units. Quelling the fears of residents of apartment buildings that such units would occupy space and incur expenditure, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now planned to pick up thefrom the apartments (classified as bulk generators) at Rs 4 per kilogram payable by the residents to thecontractors/service providers.However, it is only a temporary relief. The BBMP’s entrusted empanelled vendors will be collecting the garbage only for 12 months. In this period, the apartment dwellers will have to make alternative arrangements for disposal of their wastes after 12 months. Only those apartments having more than 50 dwelling units fall under this category.According to the BBMP’s new tender policy, for the first 12 months – or any extended period as may be decided by BBMP after the year – the service provider shall be eligible to charge, collect and retain a maximum fee of Rs 4 per kg from bulk generators within the package area.The specific obligations entitle the service provider to collect(SWM) charges from bulk generators as per the schedule and appropriate the amount collected.The service providers will have to furnish a list of bulk generators who fail to pay theto the civic body.The contractor will have to deploy a separate set of vehicles for collection of municipal solid waste from bulk generators and from slaughterhouses and meat shops during animal waste collection.Within 15 days of the date of the agreement with BBMP, the service provider will submit it – for its approval – an operations plan setting out the details for meeting the requirements for collection and transportation of municipal solid waste from the bulk generators and animal waste from meat shops and slaughterhouses during this period of 12 months.According to documents available with Bangalore Mirror, the service provider shall begin collection from bulk generators only after 3 pm. The service provider may use the vehicles used for collection of garbage from households and commercial establishments.Further, animal waste from slaughterhouses will be picked up between 10 am and noon and animal waste from meat shops after 5 pm. For this, the serviceprovider shall provide a separate vehicle.BBMP commissioner G Kumar Naik told Bangalore Mirror, “We haven’t withdrawn the (solid waste management) rules framed for installing garbage composting units (in large apartment blocks). That will still be enforced. By collecting the garbage from the bulk generators, we only are giving them another year’s time to establish the (composting) plants. We have asked the empanelled vendors to collect the waste.”Meanwhile, the BBMP has already covered wedding halls and commercial complexes in the first phase and around 2,000 such properties were brought under the criteria to mandatorily install composting units on their respective premises.The BBMP had issued notices to the apartments having more than 50 dwelling units to establish composting units last year. After a year of BBMP picking garbage through its contractors, these apartments will directly come under scanner.BBMP’s special commissioner (solid waste management) Darpan Jain said, “All the apartments have to follow the rules. Those apartments who have already installed such composting units in their premises are entitled to get incentives. BBMP will soon take a decision in this regard.” Sources in the BBMP said the civic body may consider providing some concessions in solid waste management cess which is paid every year during property tax payment.Each unit or individual house pays Rs 120 annually as a solid waste management cess. “We can give them some relaxation in cess as they (bulk generators) have installed composting units. But those apartments having less than 50 units have to pay the cess of Rs 120 as the said amount is also collected in the form of street sweeping and other garbage related works,” said a BBMP engineer from the garbage disposal division.Bulk generators mean those generating more than 10 kg of municipal solid waste per day. These would include apartments having more than 50 dwelling units, hospitals, educational institutes, hotels, restaurants, commercial establishments, slaughterhouses, etc.