RUR’s approach on solid waste management and our projects are contributing to 9 out of 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Each project is sustainable and contributes to GHG mitigation, food security, land resource management and climate change adaptation by ensuring the efficiency of the project to work in close loop with circular economy pattern wherein the resources obtained from the environment, in the form of organic waste, are used to nurture the environment, such as compost.
Ecological Impact
- GHG reduction with 400 tonnes of waste recycled annually
- 55 de-centralised Waste management Project sites
- 70 tonnes plus of organic compost generated annually
- >32 lakh Tetra Pak cartons recycled Nearly 300 School Desks and 100 Garden Benches donated
Ecological Impact
Composting is an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With over 55 de-centralized waste management project sites in Mumbai, about 400 tonnes of waste is being recycled annually through composting. It ensures that lesser amount of bio-degradable waste ends up in landfills thus reducing greenhouse gas.
By driving a free ‘Go Green with Tetra Pak’ recycling program in Mumbai, Tetra Pak cartons that are 100% recyclable are usually trashed and ultimately dumped in landfills. They are now being recycled thus reducing the load on landfills.
Social Impact
- Army of 150 plus volunteers and Green Champions
- Eco consciousness amongst citizens
- 5000 plus direct educates through workshops and lecture series on Eco awareness
- Community Engagement
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Social Impact
When a society or corporate initiates a waste management project, the entire community is sensitized towards the cause. RUR’s USP being decentralized waste management, the home composter serve as an excellent tool to cater to a single family and an individual. It instills the sense of being responsible towards waste and ignites the thought process to go greener.
For example, Fortune Heights Co-Op Society in Mahim, Mumbai, has installed rain water harvesting following the successful composting and terrace gardening projects. They also plan to setup a solar energy system in the near future. The society has now phased out one-time disposable garbage bin liners, reducing trash and making a huge environmental impact.
Economical Impact.
- Creating Livelihood for low skill jobs
- Recovery of high value recyclable dry waste, additional revenue model
- No operational cost
- Appreciation by government bodies
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Ecological Impact
Composting is an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With over 55 de-centralized waste management project sites in Mumbai, about 400 tonnes of waste is being recycled annually through composting. It ensures that lesser amount of bio-degradable waste ends up in landfills thus reducing greenhouse gas.
By driving a free ‘Go Green with Tetra Pak’ recycling program in Mumbai, Tetra Pak cartons that are 100% recyclable are usually trashed and ultimately dumped in landfills. They are now being recycled thus reducing the load on landfills.
Health and Safety
- Hygienic and safer working conditions for the personnel
- Breakdown happens in a concealed environment, auto-sanitation of compost pile.
- Neat and clean site, No direct contact of personnel with waste
- Absence of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Health and Safety
Since these models can be easily replicated and scaled to any community size, it serves as an excellent example for community level decentralized waste management systems.
With about 650 tons per day being recycled annually, it still seems like a drop in ocean, and there are tons to go. The robust, reliable and replicable role model projects do offer some hope.
Making Decentralized and Sustainable waste management a reality across the globe is now the next mission.
