Garbage Collection

Pune generates nearly 1,300 tonne garbage everyday and the quantity is growing day by day as the population is increasing. The city is facing a serious problem of garbage disposal. At first Kothrud garbage depot was made functional in 1965.In 1999, the depot was closed down and shifted to Uruli Devachi and Phursungi after residents […]

Pune generates nearly 1,300 tonne garbage everyday and the quantity is growing day by day as the population is increasing. Disposal of garbage is a burning issue due non-availability of disposal sites in the city. Currently, the city’s garbage is being sent to Uruli-Phursungi for disposal. However, local residents are opposing use of their land

The problem of garbage disposal and segregation is getting out of hand in the city. There are many waste pickers who regularly collects garbage of the city to make city clean. They collect both dry and wet waste from all over the city. But it now appears as though PMC has forgotten their existence. Waste

A new SMS alert service has been launched by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) where  people can send an SMS to complain about garbage in their locality. sometimes there is no lifting of garbage and it is difficult to complain. Thus making it easier,PMC have launched this SMS service for people to tell us the

Indian cities like Pune are slowly transformed into one huge garbage dump thanks to faulty civic planning.  The problem of garbage could really be solved if we follow Sweden pattern. There is no garbage left in Sweden country after implementation of this pattern. Sweden has been ‘importing’ trash from neighboring Norway to feed its waste-to-energy

As most cities in the country are still battling their garbage problems, the Pune Municipal Corporation is ahead of other municipal corporations by having a good portion of its waste converted into energy. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) handles 1,300 to 1,400 tonnes of solid waste every day. The PPP model of ‘waste to energy’

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), which is finding it tough to process the garbage generated in the city, is likely to have an added burden coming from the fringe areas. The corporators have made a proposal, asking the administration to process garbage from Manjari village, which is located outside the city limits. The gram panchayat

In their own small way, Usha Joshi and Prabha Nene are doing their bit for environment conservation. The septuagenarian residents of Erandwane area use just an old plastic bucket to turn their wet garbage into compost soil. Nene is a tenant of the place owned by Joshi. Nene said, “For years, I used to dump

The wet and dry garbage should be segregated at source so that it can be processed easily. But despite repeated instructions, many people are not doing so. Hence, the PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) sent notices to about 4.5 lakh people for not segregating waste. The notices have been sent to residential and commercial establishments, including hotels and shops.

The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Vishrambaug-Kasba regional ward office caught a truck red-handed while dumping debris on the riverbed behind Vartak Gartak, and recovered a fine of Rs 25,000. The truck was confiscated and later returned after the owner removed the dumped debris. Assistant municipal commissioner and Kasba regional ward officer Arun Khilari said the