Summary:
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is looking at this informal sector for smart waste management solutions. Along with the new system of segregated garbage collection and the draft of Solid Waste Management Bye-laws 2019, BBMP plans to geo-map kabadiwallas (waste pickers). For this, the BBMP has tied up with Chennai-based waste management company Kabadiwalla Connect that implemented a similar system of organised waste pickers there. “A proposal has been sent to geo-map kabadiwallas who collect high-value dry waste such as cardboard, plastic and glass. This will create an end-to-end solution without middlemen and get good remuneration for waste pickers,” Khan said..