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From Waste Pickers to Green Collar Professionals

How Hasiru Dala Innovations is reimagining urban waste work

Bangalore, India — Widely known as India’s “Silicon City,” Bangalore conjures images of bustling technocrats, multinational companies, and fast-moving venture capital. But beneath this high-tech sheen lies a pressing crisis: unmanaged solid waste. Of the roughly 6,000 tonnes of garbage the city produces each day, a significant portion goes uncollected — littering streets, emitting foul odors, and contaminating groundwater. The city leans heavily on informal waste pickers to manage this crisis — yet these workers remain impoverished, invisible, and marginalized.

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Ashish Mehta is an Impact Entrepreneur Correspondent. Following a 20-year multi-domain corporate experience (Emerson, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, dunnhumby), Ashish’s current avatar is that of an Impact and climate finance advisor, entrepreneur, and evangelist. He founded Second Nature — a clean-tech and impact advisory; and is the co-founder of MinusCO2 — ... Read more
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