Not just BBMP contractors, NGOs may also come under scanner of SIT probe
The Hindu
BBMP spends about ₹1,800 crore annually on waste management. The civic body is trying to streamline the waste management system to tap the revenue emerging through EPR, but is unable to exploit the full potential of EPR fees because some NGOs have set up private companies to manage waste.
Bengaluru
Not-for-profit organisations (NGO) working under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may come under the scanner of the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Karnataka government to probe projects sanctioned by the previous BJP government.
As of now, it appears that the SIT will, among other things, focus on NGOs working in waste management.
According to sources, in the last 3 years, the BBMP has lost revenue in the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) rule.
The EPR policy was introduced under Plastic Waste Management Rules by the Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change.
Producers, importers and brand owners of plastic have the responsibility to treat, reuse, recycle or dispose the products after consumers have used them.
In the absence of such a system, the companies hand over the waste to collection centres, or those who dispose it, for which they have to pay a fee.
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