On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 14:31 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > Apparently, after a recent change in garbage contractors, a Jayanagar > resident was horrified to discover that his carefully segregated > garbage was being mixed in the truck.
We discovered this several years ago. The reason is that the Bangalore City Corporation has no garbage policy other than dumping far far away. That is why the segregated garbage must be collected separately and not by the motley mix of Corporation and private "paurakarmikas" (Garbage collectors) who merely pick up all garbage and dump all garbage at the collection point. If there happen to be rag pickers about, they will "harvest" saleable plastics from the mixed garbage. That does not include plastic bags. If you segregate, make sure you physically hand the plastics and paper to someone who actually wants them. We have had, over the years, a separate collection system for plastics, paper and electronic waste. Only the electronic waste bit works reliably. Any Silk Lister is welcome to dump electronic waste in a bin I have at home. Get that old printer here. But all this is a waste of time unless the entire neighbourhood does the same kind of segregation. By doing it at home we only make ourselves feel less guilty without impacting the big picture in any meaningful way. shiv
