Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Bengaluru Plans Waste Overhaul With GPS-Tracked Collection
Bengaluru makes more garbage each day than its current collection system can handle.
The government plans to add more vehicles and increase collection capacity.
Garbage trucks will use GPS so officials can see whether they follow their routes.
The city will be divided into 33 waste-collection packages.
People are being asked to separate wet and dry waste and give it to the collection trucks.
The minister said people should not leave garbage on roadsides.
Large waste producers, such as establishments generating significant amounts of waste, must process or compost waste where required.
The government says it will support the handling of waste processed at the source without an extra service fee.
Officials will test the new approach for three to four months before reviewing it.
Bengaluru generates about 6,500 tonnes of waste daily, exceeding the existing 5,200-tonne collection capacity.
The new system will reorganise 27 Assembly constituencies into 33 packages and deploy about 4,500 vehicles.
Waste transportation capacity is planned to rise to around 9,000 tonnes per day, with mandatory GPS tracking.
Officials urged citizens to hand over segregated waste directly to collection vehicles and avoid roadside dumping.
About 2,000 of Bengaluru’s estimated 50,000 bulk waste generators have arrangements with authorised vendors.
- Who
- The Greater Bengaluru government, Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, civic authorities, sanitation workers, bulk waste generators and Bengaluru residents.
- What
- Bengaluru is overhauling waste collection by increasing transport capacity, reorganising service packages and introducing GPS tracking.
- When
- The proposals were discussed on September 24, with the new process to be tested over the next three to four months.
- Where
- Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Why
- The city generates about 6,500 tonnes of waste daily, while its existing collection capacity is about 5,200 tonnes, creating pressure on the system.
Government and civic responsibility
Resident and generator responsibility
Doorstep collection
Government and civic responsibility
The administration is responsible for ensuring that collection vehicles reach every locality and for addressing gaps in doorstep service.
Resident and generator responsibility
Residents must hand over segregated waste directly to collection vehicles and make it available safely if they are away during collection hours.
Roadside dumping
Government and civic responsibility
Authorities plan to improve routes, tracking and downstream waste services to prevent collection failures and reduce garbage blackspots.
Resident and generator responsibility
Citizens and establishments should not dump waste on roadsides, because accumulated waste can attract further dumping and affect storm-water drains and other infrastructure.
Bulk waste
Government and civic responsibility
The government says it will provide downstream services for waste processed or composted at source without an additional service fee.
Resident and generator responsibility
Bulk waste generators must segregate waste on their premises and, where required, compost or process it at source and use authorised vendors.
- Daily waste generation
- About 6,500 tonnes
- Existing collection capacity
- About 5,200 tonnes per day
- Planned transport capacity
- Around 9,000 tonnes per day
- Planned vehicle fleet
- About 4,500 vehicles, with capacities of two and three tonnes
- Waste-collection packages
- 33, compared with 27 existing Assembly constituencies
- Bulk waste generators
- Around 50,000, of which about 2,000 have arrangements with authorised vendors
- Landfilled waste
- Approximately 2,500 tonnes daily, down from around 4,000 tonnes earlier