Paper Details

Name: S. Manasi & Natasha Kalra
Country: India

Year: 2022
Volume: Volume-9, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 1-10

ABSTRACT
Rapid urbanisation has affected urban environs in several ways besides posing staid
challenges of various forms. Varied reasons include increased migration, high population
growth, consumerism, life style change, all affecting governance. Waste generation is one
such outcome that has become a burden in cities affecting aesthetics, health, environment and
others. In addition to the obvious approaches of composting, landfill, basic recycling and
reuse, many innovative approaches/initiatives to waste management are seen in city contexts,
specifically, with stakeholder participation across phases of segregation, collection,
transportation, disposal and treatment, in addition to awareness creation. All of it, acting as
pressure groups for improving governance and demanding for improved efficiency in waste
management. This has been witnessed extensively in Bengaluru city where we witness plog
runs, compost santhe, zero-waste events & weddings, composting, recycling and events
promoting eco-friendly products, green entrepreneurs and others widely publicised through
radio, television, banners and posters at public places and also through social media platforms
like Watsapp groups, Facebook and Twitter handles. Citizen networks although in isolated
ways and minuscule forms, a multitude of them will bring about transformations at city
contexts. This paper is a diffident effort to understand and map the initiatives across the city
of Bengaluru. These initiatives have been classified and discussed. Secondary data sources
and some primary field observations have been used. We find that stakeholder engagement
and initiatives have largely been undertaken under awareness creation and waste collection
and segregation.
Key words: Waste Management, Solid Waste, Urban Pollution, Civic activism