<p> The ‘Wake up Clean up Bengaluru’ expo came to a close on Sunday with several commitments and suggestions to tackle the mounting garbage crisis in the City.<br /><br />BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah, Jayanagar MLA Vijaykumar, Bangalore City Connect President Ravichander and other civic experts spoke during a panel discussion about the problems related to waste management and the need to practise segregation of waste.<br /><br /> They also discussed bio-medical waste generated by big hospitals and the need to recycle such waste. “The target for such type of waste collection should be polyclinics, small clinics and households,” they said.<br /><br />Kalpana Kar, solid waste management expert said she would be piloting a programme on collecting all bio-medical waste whose source would be households. “We will reduce the amount of garbage collected in Mandur and Mavallipura by resorting to bio-mining. </p>.<p>BBMP will actively participate to ensure that these landfills are managed properly,” assured Siddaiah. The panel suggested that waste segregation should be introduced at schools also.<br /><br />The last day also witnessed prize distribution for schools that participated in the competitions on waste management. </p>
<p> The ‘Wake up Clean up Bengaluru’ expo came to a close on Sunday with several commitments and suggestions to tackle the mounting garbage crisis in the City.<br /><br />BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah, Jayanagar MLA Vijaykumar, Bangalore City Connect President Ravichander and other civic experts spoke during a panel discussion about the problems related to waste management and the need to practise segregation of waste.<br /><br /> They also discussed bio-medical waste generated by big hospitals and the need to recycle such waste. “The target for such type of waste collection should be polyclinics, small clinics and households,” they said.<br /><br />Kalpana Kar, solid waste management expert said she would be piloting a programme on collecting all bio-medical waste whose source would be households. “We will reduce the amount of garbage collected in Mandur and Mavallipura by resorting to bio-mining. </p>.<p>BBMP will actively participate to ensure that these landfills are managed properly,” assured Siddaiah. The panel suggested that waste segregation should be introduced at schools also.<br /><br />The last day also witnessed prize distribution for schools that participated in the competitions on waste management. </p>
