Hold on to your trash bags, Mumbai! The BMC is not playing around anymore. If you do not separate your wet and dry waste, get ready to cough up ₹1,000. Yep, you heard that right. And here is the twist, they want your feedback on this rule. How? Scan a QR code and speak up.
What is the Big Deal?
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been pushing for waste segregation for years, but let’s be honest, how many of us actually do it properly? Now, they have decided to tighten the screws. From housing societies to individual homes, if your waste is not sorted, fines are coming your way.
But here is the interesting part. Instead of just slapping fines, BMC is asking Mumbaikars: ‘What do you think?’ They have set up QR codes across the city where you can scan and give your feedback. Smart move or just passing the buck? You decide.
Why the sudden strictness?
Mumbai generates over 7,000 metric tonnes of waste daily. That is like piling up 700 elephants worth of garbage every single day. And guess what? A huge chunk of it ends up in landfills because people do not segregate. Deonar, Mulund, and Kanjurmarg dumpsites are overflowing, and BMC is finally saying, ‘Enough.’
Segregation is not just some bureaucratic rule, it helps recycling, reduces landfill pressure, and even cuts down on pollution. Wet waste (food scraps, veg peels) can be composted, while dry waste (plastic, paper) gets recycled. Mixed waste? Straight to the dump.
How will this work?
- Spot Checks: BMC workers will inspect societies and check if waste is properly separated.
- Fines: ₹1,000 per violation (households, societies, even shops).
- QR Code Feedback: Scan, share your thoughts good, bad, or ugly.
What Are People Saying?
Reactions are mixed. Some say, ‘It is about time.’ Others grumble, Why fine us when BMC’s garbage trucks mix everything anyway? Fair point. If the system itself is flawed, will penalties really help?
What Can You Do?
1. Start segregating – Keep two bins: wet and dry.
2. Complain if needed – If your society is not helping, use the QR code to report it.
3. Spread the word – More awareness = fewer fines.
Fines might force change, but real progress needs better infrastructure and public cooperation.
Scan that code and let them know!
1 Comment
excellent issues altogether, you just received a new reader.
What would you suggest about yourr put up that you jst made
some days ago? Any positive?