Silk Road : 

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s Kasa Market, where citizens can sell dry waste, hasn’t caught on in a big way.

Located under the flyover near Silk Board, the market is a joint project by the BBMP and Nirmal Enviro Solutions, and was inaugurated last December.

BBMP sources cite the lack of segregation as one of the reasons for the market not having become popular.

“Out of the 4,000 tonnes of waste generated in the city every day, at least 40 per cent is likely to be dry waste. As segregation at source is not happening, the Kasa Market doesn’t receive as much dry waste as it should,” an official said.

Sayed Afsar, from Kasa Market, said 25 trucks bring about two tonnes of dry waste a day. “So the market receives 60 to 62 tonnes of dry waste each month. This has been constant over the past six months,” he said.

The dry waste collected at the market is segregated into plastic, cartons and boxes, glass, alcohol bottles, rubber, newspapers and food foil.

“After that the segregated dry waste is given to the recycling factories on Mysore Road — Master Enterprises and Ganapati Bottles,” he said.

The centre doesn’t buy clothes or e-waste. “We accept these items, but don’t pay for them. As for electronic devices, they are taken apart and metals like copper and silver foil are extracted from them,” he added.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Renee McLeod / June 02nd, 2015