Mumbai: The city is generating less garbage, claims the BMC, which it puts down to its drives encouraging garbage segregation and recycling, and action against big societies generating more than 100 kg. of refuse per day.
The average garbage generated in the city per day is 7,200 metric tonne (MT), a reduction of 2,300 MT over the last three years. In June 2015, the city was generating 9,500 MT of garbage per day, as per data from a presentation made to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta. It has also claimed that the latest daily average is 600 MT less than the figure for January this year.
The civic body says pressure on dumping grounds has reduced, as have the number of trips made by garbage vans. In June 2017, garbage vans made 2,238 trips to the city’s dumping grounds, which has come down to 2,118 in February 2018.
Garbage disposal is a significant challenge for the city, which is short on dumping grounds.
