Nature and extent of unauthorized waste dump sites in and around Bangalore city

Nature and extent of unauthorized waste dump sites in and around Bangalore city

Chanakya H.N^1,2, Shwetmala¹ and Ramachandra T. V ^*,1,2

¹Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc, Bangalore 560012
²Centre for infrastructure, urban planning and sustainable transport, IISc, Bangalore 560012.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Results and Discussion

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Acknowledgement

The authors wish to acknowledge the participation and inputs of the 45 student volunteers from Christ University, St. Joseph’s College and MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore who carried out the survey in the first part of the study. We also thank Himanshu K., Sreesha M., Yeshodha S. and Vidya H. for their contributions while conducting this survey. The financial support for this study was provided by the Bangalore City Corporation (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, BBMP) and is gratefully acknowledged.

Citation : Chanakya H. N., Shwetmala and Ramachandra T. V., 2015. Nature and extent of unauthorized waste dump sites in and around Bangalore city, J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 17(46): 1-9, DOI 10.1007/s10163-015-0423-6

* Corresponding Author :
	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.		Tel : 91-80-23600985 / 22932506 / 22933099, Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in, Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy