The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has plans to create five garbage collection centres in the city where individuals can turn up with garbage. The centres, proposed to be run by private parties, will gift a sapling or pay a certain amount of money in return. Waste like used motor oil, cans, metal, paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, electronic waste, builders' rubble and polystyrene can be discarded at the garbage collection centre. Currently, the bulk of municipal solid waste from the city is collected through four private agencies.

According to the BMC commissioner, Sanjib Mishra, they are looking for suitable sites within the city for such garbage collection centres. Once the centres are created, the corporation will discuss with the agencies whether they can receive the garbage from people in lieu of which they will pay something. Hence, lesser waste that is not recyclable or re-useable can then be transported to the landfill for disposal.

Currently, Bhubaneswar generates about 400 tonnes of solid domestic waste per day out of which 300 tonnes are finally dumped at Bhuauani, the designated site for dumping the wastes. BMC has in the past five years closed many temporary transfer stations (waste dumping yards) following an intervention from the high court, which has been monitoring solid waste management since 2000.