Presentation on SAAHAS organization by Wilma, founder of SAAHAS

1. Making room for our waste
Towards Sensitive
Communities
ZERO WASTE Bangalore
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore, reclaim

2. Saahas Programmes
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
• Waste Sensitive Communities
• Less Plastic for Me
• E-Waste Management
• Tetra Pak Collection

3. Saahas Zero Waste Solutions LLP
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
Providing professional waste management
services to companies, Schools,
households and communities.
Collectively we recycle 7,000 kgs of waste
per day from our clients

8. Waste sensitive communities
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
1.Waste audit
2. Training for housekeeping and
maids
3.Sensitisation for households
4.Composting, dry waste and e-waste
management

10. Kasa Rasa
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim

11. Mixed dry waste
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim

12. Apartments with 1000 households
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
15 tonnes : Wet waste (70%)
4 tonnes: Dry waste (20%)
2 tonnes : Sanitary (10%)

13. Dry waste fractions
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
High value includes
Metals cans, PET (5%)
Better value: includes newspaper,
cartons, milk bags, shampoo and
beer bottles (15%)
Low value: plastic carry bags, Tetra
Pak, other packaging (80%)

14. Revenues from waste
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
From dry waste : Rs 18,000
From income from compost: Rs 6,000
TOTAL REVENUE : 24,000

15. Expenditure
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
Labour 40000
PPE 2500
Transport 4000
Supervision 3000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE : 49,500

16. Collection system for e-Waste
from domestic sector
reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim
Bin for collection of used
CDs, Batteries and floppies –
at public points, apartments Bin for collection of
and offices. larger e-waste –
Mother Earth, Landmark,
Koramangala 3rd Blk,
Authorised e-Waste
Jayanagar LIC Colony, collection centre at Kasa
Hippocampus, British Rasa, Koramangala
Library

17. Collection and bailing process
of Tetra Pak reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, recover, repair, restore,
reclaim

18. Benefits for residents
Regular monitoring and sensitization for residents and housekeeping
Continuously aiming to improve the segregation compliance
Ensuring that systems do not fall apart through regular engagement
Benefits for field staff
Livelihood
Proper work environment (providing PPEs)
ESI and PF benefits
Benefits for environment
Constantly working to reduce the amount of rejects
Ensuring low value waste is retrieved for recycling, reducing burden on landfills

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