The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s new bylaws prohibit littering in public and mandate a proper waste management methodology starting from segregation to scientific disposal.

has exempted certain bulk waste generators from paying newly-introduced Solid Waste Management (SWM) user fee, commonly known as garbage tax. The exemption, however, was operationalised on BBMP's ...

The draft of the policy also recommends phasing out fossil fuel- driven vehicles carrying solid waste deployed in large numbers by the civic bodies and city buses.

Medical experts warn that cigarette and beedi butts contain around 6,000–7,000 toxic chemicals, including high levels of ...

Bengaluru: BBMP has clarified that the solid waste management (SWM) user fee it has announced from financial year 2025–26 for non-residential properties is an annual levy, and not monthly.

says the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp). On average, food makes up the biggest component of domestic waste at 30.6%, followed by plastic (21.9%), paper (15.3% ...

Effective April 1, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will begin garbage collection charges or solid waste management user fee from property owners. According to a public notice issued by the MCC ...

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has implemented a "garbage cess" under which the residents of Bengaluru will have to pay a solid waste management user fee effective from April 1.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has so far received 370 suggestions and objections for its draft Solid Waste Management (SWM) bylaws 2025, which were put in public domain three weeks back ...