Chicken shops in Bengaluru to shut over waste disposal fee
Poultry traders in Bengaluru are planning a two-day strike to protest a new waste disposal fee imposed by the city's waste management authority. The association argues that poultry waste has commercial value and should be purchased by companies rather than taxed.
Why it matters
It highlights the tension between municipal waste management policies and the economic interests of small-scale business owners.
Chicken shops across Bengaluru, associated with the Karnataka Poultry Traders Association (KPTA), will shut down for two days starting September 3, to protest against the ₹5-per-kg service fee that Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd. (BSWML) is set to charge for collecting poultry waste generated by meat shops.
The association has demanded that a minimum support price be fixed for poultry waste, arguing that the waste has ‘commercial value’ and is used by private companies to manufacture by-products and animal feed, which are then sold for profit.
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