Our programs focus on grass root engagement. They are aimed to create engagement through collaboration and facilitate implementation to bring in improvement in the models of practice.
SwachaGraha Kalika Kendra
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Objective
Garbage continues to be one of the biggest challenges in our cities and can only be addressed by manging waste in a decentralised manner. It is critical that more households manage their waste ‘at source’ through home composting with the spill over being managed at neighbourhood level. Furthermore since the law requires apartments and multi dwelling units to manage their waste in situ. In order to achieve this it is important to address the key missing piece in the puzzle which is ‘citizen awareness’ . The Kendra is set up
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To show case and demonstrate through live installations the various home and community composting methods that can be adopted in order to promote home , lane and ward Composting
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To promote good practices of waste minimisation, segregation at source that can be adopted at the home and community level
Approach
The Kalika Kendra is set up as a collaborative partnership with several stakeholders working with a vision of promoting the composting and growing practices in the interest of environmental sustainability and bringing local community participation at the learning centre activities
The SwachaGraha Kalika Kendra has been set up in several locations
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SwachaGraha Kalika Kendra set up in 2018 , in HSR Layout , Bangalore by the BBMP
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Swachh Badi, Siddipet, Telanagana set up in 2020 on the lines of the SwachaGraha Kalika Kendra by the Muncipality of Siddipet
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The Patna municipal corporation has recently set up Swachhata ki Patshala in its park in Patna , in Feb 2024
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The Directorate of Municipal Administration of Karnataka ( Govt order No E8(CSSS 2021 Bengaluru date s 19/04/21. Directorate letter 505977 - 9/21) has issued orders to set up SwachaGraha Kalika Kendra in 31 districts across Karnataka
Structure
The Kalika Kendra is curated as an experiential learning centre to carry out a wide variety of activities which are designed to inform, demonstrate and engage. Information with live demos are provided, the experience of standing next to a live composting unit, seeing and smelling the waste to compost is an essential part of the activity. Community gardens highlight the importance of growing safe food and demonstrate the cycle of food waste to compost to soil to growing food again. Simple activities in various formats engage volunteers in learning by doing experiences, creating a practical understanding leading to lasting behaviour change. The learning centre offers skill based training with the intention of creating compost Karigars recognised for the skill they possess , bringing dignity to livelihoods.
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YIMBY
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Objective
Promoting in situ composting which will boost decentralised processing and moving away from landfills, moving the attitude away from NIMBY (not in my backyard) to YIMBY (yes in my backyard), creating livelihood options and closing the loop by providing clean compost for growing safe food.
Approach
Support through mentoring and guiding the apartments and institutions especially for in-situ composting. Providing sessions to residents, housekeeping staff, hands-on skills training for creating a trained labour pool for composting.
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Structure
Carrying out apartment or campus assessment, offering recommendations, planning training sessions, onsite or exposure through field visits and live demos at the Kalika Kendra, carrying out troubleshooting, connecting either service providers for other waste streams or to farmers/others for sale of compost.
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YIMBY Brochure
Knowledge Circle
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Objectives
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To promote and popularise sustainable waste management practices across India through the SWMRT campaigns or programs
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To create a knowledge hub that provides a pan-India platform for interactive engagement and resource support
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To replicate the SWMRT model in working successfully with stakeholders
Approach
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To act as mentors to individuals , organisations from other cities
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To provide advisory to organisations, citizen collectives, corporates
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To benefit from the SWMRT support and promote the popular campaigns creating social behaviour change in their cities
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To work with SWMRT support to implement successful models and programs
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To invite and create a network of domain experts and practitioners in other cities who will provide the local connect and support , wherever necessary. Interested persons from other cities who approach SWMRT for the purpose of receiving support , mentoring will be enrolled as KC members
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Offering
The progam offers a choice of engagement depending on the objective requirement of the KC member
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KC – Campaign : The KC member can promote campaigns and create awareness and push for adoption by individuals and community. Demo and information tool kits are readily available.
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KC – Program : The KC member can facilitate or implement a project for implementing in situ management, community composting like lane-temple-park composting, design a ward micro plan, create a directory of service and solution providers for their city. The guidance , knowledge and mentoring necessary will be provided .
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KC – Master Class : The KC member can be part of the learning in a TOT format and knowledge sharing sessions. Info tool kits will be provided as a part of the learning activity .
SwachaGraha Compost Connect
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Objectives
The aim is to send the precious organic waste coming out of urban kitchens and gardens back to the soil in the form of nutritious compost, thereby closing the loop in the most beautiful way possible.
Approach
Taking the biomass back to soil is a first-of-its-kind experiment in India conceived and executed by SWMRT, Bengaluru. The program works towards connecting urban compost producers from apartments and gated communities, with farmers in and around Bengaluru.
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Structure
With extraordinary effort and persistence a collaboration of apartment bulk generators and farmer users has slowly taken shape overcoming multiple challenges of misgivings over quality of ‘city compost’ to make it viable for all the parties concerned. A buyers and sellers informal platform has been created which broadcasts the compost available and facilitates batch sales to farmers.
Visit https://www.swachagraha.in/sgcc for more details.
Knowledge Partnership
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Objectives
To engage with municipalities, organisations, institutions, communities to see the widespread adoption and implementation of the sustainable waste management practices
Approach
To work as knowledge partner who as a collective of solid waste management practitioners working for sustainable waste management for over a decade now has very wide experience in working with governments, municipalities, organisations, institutions and communities of all sizes in implementing sustainable waste management practices and is willing to share this expertise and information Is grounded in knowledge processes and actions, and which will, based on the knowledge shared and new knowledge and understanding created through collaboration, serve to advance sustainable waste management practices
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Structure
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To support in the overall development of waste management learning centres, including road map preparation for introducing the best waste management practices and demonstratable models
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To provide the necessary strategic information of waste management concepts, solutions and practicesand engage in planning for execution.
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To provide Training to Trainers to create a cadre of resource persons who will be able to disseminate IEC effectively on the home composting, community composting and waste minimisation and sustainable practices to achieve a zero waste living.
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To review the projects and ensure compliance with the waste management practices which are in compliance with the SWM Rules 2016 in general and specifically demonstrate sustainable and decentralized waste management practices , resource recovery through recycling and upcycling, reuse, composting etc. and zero waste and circular economy concepts.
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Partnership Summary