In a new initiative planned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), it has decided to give out compost produced from wet waste to farmers in Nashik and Pune for fruit and vegetable farming. Of the 6,300 metric tonnes of waste the city generates, 70 per cent is wet waste. 

Due to several measures taken by the civic body, the amount of waste generated in Mumbai has come down from 8,000 metric tonnes to around 6,300 metric tonnes.