Karnataka

Start with the people and systems already here.

Karnataka is our geographic focus. We will build the model around actual material availability, existing relationships, transport needs, utilities and buyer requirements.

Bengaluru: collection, sorting and onward recovery

Bengaluru’s documented dry-waste arrangements offer useful context for understanding the material chain. We will examine collectors, collection centres, aggregators, processors and buyers as a connected system.

Bengaluru: understand the local governance context

The Greater Bengaluru Authority context matters when investigating responsibilities and operating arrangements. Site decisions require a local assessment of the proposed activity.

Hasiru Dala: recognise waste-picker participation

Hasiru Dala’s account provides context on waste-picker and municipal work. We prioritise respectful participation and clear commercial relationships with the people who make recovery possible.

Choose a location through evidence.

Supply, transport, utilities, existing commitments and operating responsibilities will guide location choices. A promising example elsewhere does not replace a locally tested transaction chain.