Embassy REIT Inaugurates EcoHub, an Integrated Waste Management Centre in Bengaluru Benefitting 4000 Households

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India:
 Embassy REIT, in partnership with The Anonymous Indian Charitable Trust (TAICT) and the Bettahalasuru Panchayat, at present inaugurated EcoHub, an built-in strong waste administration centre in the presence of Shri Krishna Byre Gowda, Honourable MLA – Byatarayanapura in North Bengaluru. The challenge was constructed below Embassy REIT’s flagship waste administration initiative ‘EcoGram’ and can profit round 4000 households throughout 10 villages.

The challenge will be instrumental in offering decentralised, sustainable strong waste administration providers to the Bettahalasuru Panchayat in addition to giant business institutions in North Bangalore. It has additionally created employment and livelihood alternatives by way of waste stream administration.

Sri Krishna Byre Gowda, Honourable MLA – Byatarayanapura, mentioned, “Since 2016, Embassy and TAICT have been committed to creating a sustainable model Gram Panchayat in North Bangalore. Developing solutions to tackle the issue of waste is critical. This new integrated waste collection centre will go a long way towards promoting a more sustainable waste management system, benefitting 10 villages in the Bettahalasuru Panchayat. We hope that this model can be replicated through Bangalore, making the city brighter, cleaner, and more engaged.”

Shaina Ganapathy, Head of Community Outreach, Embassy Group, mentioned, “EcoGram has become a benchmark in developing a sustainable model that can act as a blueprint for corporates looking to partner with the Gram Panchayat to create sustainable waste management solutions. Thanks to the awareness efforts carried out by TAICT, the Panchayat has already reached a segregation level of around 85% for households and 92% for bulk generators. Our aim is to continue building processes and infrastructure that catalyse communities and enable us to have a wider impact.”

Myriam Shankar, Managing Trustee, The Anonymous Indian Charitable Trust, mentioned, “We are very grateful to Embassy REIT, our CSR partner who has supported us throughout this journey. Instead of dumping waste indiscriminately, we are now processing close to 3 tonnes a day segregated into 42 categories of dry waste and composting the organic waste to give it back to farmers rather than polluting our land indefinitely. With this facility, 90% of the waste generated can now be turned into resources, whereas disposal previously posed a serious health risk. The EcoHub is also a place where people who work with waste can do this safely and with dignity, and Hasirudala Innovations was a natural partner for operations, as their mission is to achieve this.”

 

To encourage accountable waste administration practices in and round its business parks, Embassy REIT rolled out EcoGram in 2016, in partnership with TAICT. EcoGram goals to create a mannequin Gram Panchayat by constructing processes and infrastructure for sustainable decentralised waste administration, enhancing the soil high quality and water conservation to strengthen the foundations of accountable development by bringing collectively group members, native governments, and authorities faculty kids. Prior to EcoGram’s challenge and initiatives, particles from round 2500 waste mills (on the fee of 53 metric tons per 30 days) have been being dumped and burnt, inflicting air, water, and soil air pollution.