The market is in Ward 37, a small market consisting of 285+ shops generating about 700-1000kg of wet waste per day creating multiple blackspots due to mis-management of waste. Infrastructure like waste collection bags and units, awareness and change in the Standard Operating Procedure turned the market into a beautiful market in Bengaluru.
IMPACT
- 250-300kg/day of wet waste diverted to cows and goshalas
- 200kg/day wet waste diverted to gas plant
- 285+ shopkeepers sensitized on waste management
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There are about 285+ shopkeepers in the market. Around 150-200kg/week of dry waste and 700-10,00kg/day of wet waste is generated.
The same conditions pre-existed as that of K R Puram market and the same methodology derived from the pilot study of K R Puram Market were implemented to turn the market into an efficient waste management market in the city. Read here about the Pre-existing system and Implemented Methody of K R Puram Market.
