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One in every four households in the Mumbai does not segregate garbage into dry and wet waste, according to data compiled by BMC's solid waste management department. Of the total 36.4 lakh households in Mumbai, assistant municipal commissioners from 24 wards have issued notices to 8.8 lakh. Notices have also been served to more than 66,000 of the 2.8 lakh non-residential establishments. According to the environment status report of 2011-12, only 2-4 per cent of the waste generated in the city is segregated. The city generates around 9,200 metric tonnes of waste per day, with 54 per cent being wet organic matter, 15 per cent dry organic matter, 12 per cent sand and earth and 10 per cent paper and recyclables. Plastic forms 9 per cent of the total waste generated, says the report.