Background/Need: 

The Gram Panchayats of Kodathi, Halanayakanahalli, Sarjapura, and Huskur  located on Bengaluru’s peri-urban edge, are rapidly urbanising while waste management governance remains with GPs. Although some of the GPs have engaged waste collection contractors, existing collection systems have limited coverage, minimal source segregation, and weak monitoring, leading to mixed waste collection and open dumping. There is an urgent need to streamline waste collection and promote community-level source segregation to reduce dumping and improve environmental and public health outcomes.

Objectives: 

• Strengthen Waste Collection Systems: Enhance solid waste collection systems to minimize landfill disposal and curb illegal dumping by fostering source segregation awareness, leading to cleaner and healthier communities.
• Strengthen GPs' Competence in SWM - Capacity Building of all stakeholders on sustainable solid waste management practices. 
• Promote the practices of circular economy by spreading awareness on reduce, reuse, repair concepts.