Garbage Bins

This is the last step of solid waste management system followed by VMC. The waste will be transported to disposal site from transfer station. The present disposal site of VMC is located at Pathapadu village in Vijayawada rural of 2.75 acres 20 kms away from Vijayawada city.

Figure 12.7: Pathapadu disposal site Source: International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) Solid waste management is practiced in Vijayawada in these 4 steps for residential areas. Other sources of generation like commercial shops, markets, hotels & restaurants, street sweeping also somewhat follow the same steps bringing waste to secondary collections and then to dumping grounds.

Figure 12.8: Current SWM practice in Vijayawada Source: VMC & International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)

Garbage Bins

VMC uses 168 numbers of garbage bins out of which 48 are dumper bins and the balance 120 are compactor bins. In addition, there are 32 are Smart bins. Out of total 64 wards, 52 wards are bin-