<p>Citizen groups and members of Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) are elated with the high court judgement making it mandatory for the three-way segregation of waste in Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Taking a leaf out of the 2bin1bag concept, the court has passed a judgement saying that households, commercial establishments, government offices, railways and defence units among others have to segregate waste by following uniform colour code system.<br /><br />While green bin should be used for compostable kitchen and garden waste, reusable bag for disposing of paper, plastic, glass among others. Red bin, on the other hand, should be used for disposing of the rejected waste such as sanitary and hazardous waste among others.<br /><br />2bin1bag concept, is a two-year-old initiative by the SWMRT and Kasa Muktha Bellandur with the support of various citizen groups, eco retailers, garbage service providers and the BBMP. Today, the concept is adopted by more than 80,000 households and 80,000 plus garbage bags are eliminated everyday, the members of SWMRT said.<br /><br />Also, more than 64 tonnes of waste has been stopped from going to the landfill on a daily basis, they added.<br /><br />Archana Kashyap, a member of 2bin1bag and Kasa Muktha Bellandur, said that the rejected waste amounts to 5-10 per cent. “The categorisation of waste into wet and dry had overlooked the sanitary waste. Now, the court order recognises the sanitary waste too, which is a welcome move,” she said.<br /><br />Vani Murthy, a member of SWMRT, said that Thursday’s verdict is a victory of sorts for all the members and the citizen groups, which have been working closely on waste management.“We have been working in this regard since 2008 and our efforts have paid off, finally. We had approached Lok Adalat too. The enforcement of High Court order will be an uphill task," Murthy said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) and citizen forums have already chalked out plans to conduct awareness drives in various localities on the waste segregation and adopting the colour coded system. Citizens' Action Forum president D S Rajasekhar has said that he, along with other members, will approach RWAs and conduct door-to-door campaigns on mandatory segregation of three types of waste.<br /><br />Similarly, members of 'I am a Citizen-Naanu Nagarika', another citizen group, said that they are already holding awareness programmes every weekend and will further intensify their campaign on 2bin1bag concept.</p>
<p>Citizen groups and members of Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) are elated with the high court judgement making it mandatory for the three-way segregation of waste in Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Taking a leaf out of the 2bin1bag concept, the court has passed a judgement saying that households, commercial establishments, government offices, railways and defence units among others have to segregate waste by following uniform colour code system.<br /><br />While green bin should be used for compostable kitchen and garden waste, reusable bag for disposing of paper, plastic, glass among others. Red bin, on the other hand, should be used for disposing of the rejected waste such as sanitary and hazardous waste among others.<br /><br />2bin1bag concept, is a two-year-old initiative by the SWMRT and Kasa Muktha Bellandur with the support of various citizen groups, eco retailers, garbage service providers and the BBMP. Today, the concept is adopted by more than 80,000 households and 80,000 plus garbage bags are eliminated everyday, the members of SWMRT said.<br /><br />Also, more than 64 tonnes of waste has been stopped from going to the landfill on a daily basis, they added.<br /><br />Archana Kashyap, a member of 2bin1bag and Kasa Muktha Bellandur, said that the rejected waste amounts to 5-10 per cent. “The categorisation of waste into wet and dry had overlooked the sanitary waste. Now, the court order recognises the sanitary waste too, which is a welcome move,” she said.<br /><br />Vani Murthy, a member of SWMRT, said that Thursday’s verdict is a victory of sorts for all the members and the citizen groups, which have been working closely on waste management.“We have been working in this regard since 2008 and our efforts have paid off, finally. We had approached Lok Adalat too. The enforcement of High Court order will be an uphill task," Murthy said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) and citizen forums have already chalked out plans to conduct awareness drives in various localities on the waste segregation and adopting the colour coded system. Citizens' Action Forum president D S Rajasekhar has said that he, along with other members, will approach RWAs and conduct door-to-door campaigns on mandatory segregation of three types of waste.<br /><br />Similarly, members of 'I am a Citizen-Naanu Nagarika', another citizen group, said that they are already holding awareness programmes every weekend and will further intensify their campaign on 2bin1bag concept.</p>
