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| ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT |
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Full Circle operates a composting centre at Malleswaram Market where the waste from the vegetable and fruit market is composted. Organic waste from the temples, fruit and juice centres nearby is also brought to the unit for composting. About 5 tons of compost is produced every month. This unit is being run in partnership with the BBMP and Vennar Organic Fertiliser Pvt.Ltd. The BBMP saves about 15 tons of waste a month from going to the landfill, adding up to cost savings of about Rs.30,000 every month in transport costs. |
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| DRY WASTE MANAGEMENT |
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The Kartavya Program
Full Circle facilitates and runs dry waste collection programs in four localities in Bangalore - Anandnagar, RT Nagar, Sanjay Nagar and Dollars Colony. The spaces and infrastructure have been provided by the BBMP. Named "Kartavya - Our Waste, Our Responsibiity",these centres are an effort to find local solutions to the problem of environmental pollution caused by the dumping of garbage in the outskirts of Bangalore city.
Presently, the program covers 1500 households in these areas, and will expand in the coming months.
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• Anandnagar -
5th main, SBM Colony, Anandnagar, Hebbal
• Dollars Colony - RMV Stage 2, Dollars Colony
• Sanjay Nagar - Geddalahalli, Sanjay Nagar
• R T Nagar -
Burial Ground Premises, 80 feet road, R T Nagar |
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| DRY WASTE COLLECTION FROM APARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS |
| Full Circle operates dry waste collection programs in several apartment complexes and institutions, helping them to achieve their goals in zero waste management. Our total collection from such generators is about 8 tons per month. |
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| ZERO WASTE MANAGEMENT |
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Full Circle also assists institutions over the entire range of solid waste management services. This includes providing solutions for nearly all categories of waste - food and garden waste, e waste, dry recyclable and special category waste such as laminated product packaging.
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| TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS |
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Full Circle provides an opportunity to students from different disciplines to study and evaluate community based environment programs. Interns get an exposure to the technical, social, cultural, political and institutional aspects of integrated waste and water management programs. Internships are available to students of environmental sciences, finance, marketing, social work sociology etc.
Internships are also available in rain water harvesting systems and green building technologies.
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| FROM AWARENESS BUILDING TO IMPLEMENTATION |
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| WASTE AUDITS |
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Full Circle assists communities in their efforts to become zero waste and in fulfilling their statutory obligations to the BBMP, the KSPCB and also under the Municipal Solid Waste Rules (2000). The intervention begins with awareness programs, audits and finally, implementation of the program. |
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| TRAINING & CAMPAIGNS |
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• Training for residents to achieve the goal of zero waste management
• Training for housekeeping /waste handling/other staff like security personnel
etc: This program complements the efforts of the community
• Assistance in evaluation and running organic waste treatment options
• Organising events for the community on environment related issues |
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| DESIGN OF WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRES & PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORTS |
| Full Circle is involved in the detailed design of waste management centres and evaluation of different waste treatment options. |
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| DESIGN OF GREEN BUILDINGS |
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Full Circle, through its associate Green Technologies, is involved in the design of green buildings. These buildings integrate green practices and focus on saving natural resources such as water, minimise energy requirements and provide facilities for on-site waste management.
For more information, please visit www.greentechindia.in |
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| HELPING CHILDREN APPLY THEIR CLASSROOM LEARNING |
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Our intervention with schools through workshops, field visits and creative programs help children apply their classroom learning to understand the practical ways in which we can reduce our carbon footprint. |
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| RESEARCH & ADVOCACY |
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Full Circle is involved in research and advocacy on the environmental and social aspects of waste and water management. Currently Full Circleis working towards an ecologically and economically viable solution for problem waste streams such as laminated packaging, thermocole etc. A study (in 2011) of the role of the informal sector in waste management (scrap dealers and waste pickers) has also been carried out.
Full Circle is a member of the SWMRT (Solid Waste Management Round Table), a forum of organisations and individuals committed to achieving the goal of zero waste management. |
