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Most of the team members had got into IT industry, after metal. Finally, the stock is sent to authorised recycling
completing their course, with a good package, but the plants around Bangalore, Mysuru, and Hyderabad through
thirst for innovation forced them to quit their jobs. "It is road or railways for recycling.
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The bricks can be used to make footpaths and paving
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generates 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day and waste as fees from students to provide them a quality
Kochi is the top contributor with over 45, 000 tonnes of education. By doing this, they are ensuring a better future
metric waste produced annually. It is possible to make
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used to make paving roads and footpaths,.

Project Reuse
Entrepreneur Naveen Mariyan is using the ‘Khalibottle’
to rid Bengaluru of mountains of trash. Naveen Mariyan
is a man who thrives on challenges and is undeterred by
uncertainties. Naveen was already deeply involved in
market research and vendor capturing for Project Reuse
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“Approximately 5,000 tonnes of waste is generated
in Bengaluru, 10 percent like paper, cardboard, glass,

for the students as well as the environment. Mukhtar is
from New York and came to India after he was invited to
Assam by Tez Harazika, the son of Bharat Ratna, Bhupen
Hazarika. The school started in 2016 with 20 children,
but now has more than 100 children between the age
group of 4 to 15 years. Most of these children come from
poor families, and were working as daily-wage labourers.
Thus, in an effort to help them, the school has taken up
metal, plastic, and electronics is dry waste that can be the responsibility to take care of these children until they
recycled. This is the space where we work in,” Naveen get a proper job.
adds. Khalibottle has created an online platform where The school started in 2016 with 20 children, but now has
customers - individuals or corporates, can register for more than 100 children between the age group of 4 to 15
their waste to be collected for recycling. Once a request years. Most of these children come from poor families, and
is raised for waste collection through a phone call or on
their website, a support team calls the customer and
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doorstep with a digital weighing scale and professional
dress code, picks the trash and pays the customer as
per the weight, through cash, coupons or the option to
donate for a cause. The trash collected is segregated
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soft plastic, pet bottles, glass, cardboard materials, and

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