The Independence Day flower show this year at Lalbagh Botanical Garden will be a zero-waste, zero-plastic, and zero-littering event as the show makes a comeback after two years.
More than 10 lakh people are expected to visit the flower show between August 5 and 15. In association with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT), a collective for sustainable waste management, has taken up the task of keeping the flower show clean.
The dry waste generated at the show will be collected and processed at their facility by SAHAS, another waste management NGO, while the wet waste will be composted. “When the show was last held around three years ago, we almost managed to go zero waste except for mineral water bottles sold outside the gates. This year, we are appointing BBMP marshals to keep an eye on such activities to levy fines,” said N.S. Ramakant, founder, SWMRT.
