Did you say waste?
Have you ever thought about what happens to the waste collected from your household? Why is waste management after collection so important?
Swachha Eco Solutions is a one stop destination to explore how they manage the waste. Swachha has come up with some innovative ideas to tackle the waste management crisis, be it homes, business or municipality. Located at Major Unnikrishnan Road in Yelahanka, one can see how plastic and dry waste can be transformed into new products that can be of use. The ultimate goal is Swachha is to gift the coming generations a zero waste future.
Swachha Eco Solutions was started by 7 students from Bangalore. They carried out a Pilot survey and created a model they could work on environmental sustainability. They signed up with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to create awareness about waste management and disposal in various schools.
What after Collection?
Tonnes of waste collected from the city are then sent to the Collection centre via the nearest Drivers. They are then Segregated and later processed and transformed into new products. Thus, ensuring zero waste. They follow a decentralised method of waste collection and do not dump the waste at the landfills. They manage 60% of the plastic waste. Swachha collects Commercial and Residential waste and composts three to four tonnes of waste everyday and has started a community composting method among the farmers.
Swachha helps the farmer community by helping them compost waste and by giving them incentives in the form of rent and the cycle is sustained by charging the community for transportation. Due to the less number of authorised collectors and this being a commercial business and municipality not taking initiative, Swachha has come forward and is Karnataka's first Public Private Collection Centre.
Swachha not only works with the BBMP but also help the farmers but providing them pipes made out of their recycled plastic waste, which is ideal for the farmers for durability. In Yelahanka alone, they are working with 6000 units and in Mahadevapura, they are coming up with 8000 to 10,000 units for collection and a new Plant in Kanakpura.
