{"id":18720,"date":"2015-06-02T13:08:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2015-06-02T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:21:35","slug":"heres-where-you-can-turn-trash-to-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=18720","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s where you can Turn Trash to Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18729\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashtoCashBF02jun2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18729\" alt=\"There\u2019s an alternative to the raddiwala. You can sell garbage at Kasa Market\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashtoCashBF02jun2015.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashtoCashBF02jun2015.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashtoCashBF02jun2015-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There\u2019s an alternative to the raddiwala. You can sell garbage at Kasa Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Silk Road :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike\u2019s Kasa Market, where citizens can sell dry waste, hasn\u2019t caught on in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>Located under the flyover near Silk Board, the market is a joint project by the BBMP and Nirmal Enviro Solutions, and was inaugurated last December.<\/p>\n<p>BBMP sources cite the lack of segregation as one of the reasons for the market not having become popular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of the 4,000 tonnes of waste generated in the city every day, at least 40 per cent is likely to be dry waste. As segregation at source is not happening, the Kasa Market doesn\u2019t receive as much dry waste as it should,\u201d an official said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashBF02jun2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18726\" alt=\"TrashBF02jun2015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashBF02jun2015.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashBF02jun2015.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TrashBF02jun2015-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sayed Afsar, from Kasa Market, said 25 trucks bring about two tonnes of dry waste a day. \u201cSo the market receives 60 to 62 tonnes of dry waste each month. This has been constant over the past six months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The dry waste collected at the market is segregated into plastic, cartons and boxes, glass, alcohol bottles, rubber, newspapers and food foil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that the segregated dry waste is given to the recycling factories on Mysore Road \u2014 Master Enterprises and Ganapati Bottles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The centre doesn\u2019t buy clothes or e-waste. \u201cWe accept these items, but don\u2019t pay for them. As for electronic devices, they are taken apart and metals like copper and silver foil are extracted from them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com \/ The New Indian Express \/ Home&gt; Cities&gt; Bengaluru \/ by Renee McLeod \/ June 02nd, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silk Road :\u00a0 Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike\u2019s Kasa Market, where citizens can sell dry waste, hasn\u2019t caught on in a big way. Located under the flyover near Silk Board, the market is a joint project by the BBMP and Nirmal Enviro Solutions, and was inaugurated last December. BBMP sources cite the lack of segregation as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=18720\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Here&#8217;s where you can Turn Trash to Cash<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy","category-green-initiatives-environment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18733,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions\/18733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}