Rajneesh Goel, Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) instructed members of the Bruhat Bangalore Hotels Association that they must implement the ban of plastic and segregate garbage at source. At a meeting on September 5, 2012 with hoteliers, Goel said their association must come up with a list of 100 hotels in the city,
which will start installing biofuel plants on-site in a month. "Taking the help of a biofuel researcher, hotels can set-up biogas units on their own and manage their waste. To begin with, biogas generators can come up in 100 large hotels," Goel said, according to a TOI report.
Goel introduced Sheetal Singh, a researcher with the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board, who will provide technical guidance. She has a biogas unit at home, which generates LPG on a daily basis by converting 1.5kg of kitchen waste every day. "The conversion of wet waste into gaseous fuel is the need of the hour. At the Bengaluru International Airport, we are working on the biogas generation unit, which converts food waste that arrives at BIA along with every flight. Similar units can be set up in apartments and hotels. I hardly depend on LPG supplied by the gas agency," Sheetal said.
As per the report, hoteliers, considered bulk generators of waste, said they would co-operate with BBMP on banning plastic and segregation of waste. "We do not mind paying for management of waste generated in our hotels. We will meet with association members and extend BBMP our cooperation," said Vasudeva Adiga, Association President.