A recent study has revealed that 174 flat complexes in the city neither have waste management units nor use waste collection facilities. Despite the mandatory requirement of decentralised waste disposal facilities under the Kerala Building Rules, 511 out of 789 flats have no waste management facilities. The survey was held with the assistance of community police officers. According to the report, there are 45,241 apartments in 789 flat complexes in Kochi. Of these 35,026 are occupied.
As many as 18,405 are rented apartments, and owners occupy 17,518. As many as 1,232 apartments are occupied by bachelors. Of the 789 flats, 590 have no incinerators, with just 199 boasting such facilities. As many as 22 flats have bio-bins, eight have bio-gas facilities, eight use landfilling method, 58 have other facilities, and 182 have facilities provided by Credai for food waste disposal.
Besides, 511 flats have no such facilities for food waste disposal. Similarly, 413 apartments depend on waste collection agencies of Kochi corporation, 112 rely on agencies under Kudumbashree and 90 on other private agencies. This means that 174 flat complexes are not even using the service of waste collection agencies or using their own waste management system.
