A presentation by SAAHAS - a Bangalore based NGO that Zero Waste in Sadashivnagar - that works on Solid Waste Management issues and solutions

1. Towards a
ZERO WASTE
BANGALORE
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, REFUSE, RECOVER, REPAIR, RESTORE, RECLAIM

2. reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore, reclaim
Registered in 2001
Implement principles of waste management
PROGRAMMES
• Less Plastic for Me
• Waste Sensitive Communities
• E-waste management

3. Municipal Solid Wastes
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2000
• Emphasis on
local management of waste

4. 90% of waste
is recyclable

5. Saahas strategy
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore, reclaim e-waste
reduce
reduce more
reuse
recycle
landfill
landfill less

11. Towards a
Waste Sensitive
BANGALORE
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, REFUSE, RECOVER, REPAIR, RESTORE, RECLAIM

12. 100+ kgs of waste managed every day
DISCARDED
10% 20%
rejects food waste
60% 10%
dry waste leaf litter
RECYCLED

13. Waste generated in companies
• Large tech-parks (7,000-10,000
employees (RMZ, Prestige, Divyasree
etc..)
4 – 5 tonnes per day (food waste, tissues,
paper cups, stationery)
Single companies (3,000-5,000 employees)
1- 2 tonnes per day.

15. Organic
Recyclable
Paper cups

16. Organic waste management
• Piggery and daily dump (Microland, Texas
Instruments)
• Tank composting (SBI)
• Organic waste converter (GE, Divyasree)

22. Closing the loop
• Companies have options to buy back
recycled paper and products.

23. Volume helps recycling

24. Our waste-sensitive members

26. Constraints encountered
• Cost of programme
• Space
• General lethargy to change

27. CONTACT US
431, 8th Cross, Jayanagar, 1st Block
Bangalore 560 011
Ph: 416 89889
E-mail: response@saahas.org