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        AIM

        Eliminating the adverse impacts of waste to improve quality of life.

        The villages of Punjab have inadequate or no functioning waste management systems. Improper disposal of waste pollutes the environment and adversely affects the health of residents. The daily waste generated in the state is expected to rise substantially over the next decade, and if not addressed immediately, it poses a public health crisis in Punjab. 60-70% of the daily unsegregated waste is biodegradable and can be converted to compost and recycled. Instead, it is often left in unsanitary piles, clogging drains and polluting the soil and water of villages.

        RGF partners with the Government of Punjab to implement a decentralized segregation model for composting and recycling for efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable waste management. The State and local governments provide 70-75% of the project cost in subsidies, and RGF covers 20-25% of the cost. RGF’s Waste Management (WM) program aims to make villages of Punjab cleaner and healthier. Over the last three years, the Foundation has set up waste management projects in 100 villages creating as many jobs and impacting 15,000 households.

        AIM

        Eliminating the adverse impacts of waste to improve quality of life.

        The villages of Punjab have inadequate or no functioning waste management systems. Improper disposal of waste pollutes the environment and adversely affects the health of residents. The daily waste generated in the state is expected to rise substantially over the next decade, and if not addressed immediately, it poses a public health crisis in Punjab. 60-70% of the daily unsegregated waste is biodegradable and can be converted to compost and recycled. Instead, it is often left in unsanitary piles, clogging drains and polluting the soil and water of villages.

        RGF partners with the Government of Punjab to implement a decentralized segregation model for composting and recycling for efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable waste management. The State and local governments provide 70-75% of the project cost in subsidies, and RGF covers 20-25% of the cost. RGF’s Waste Management (WM) program aims to make villages of Punjab cleaner and healthier. Over the last three years, the Foundation has set up waste management projects in 100 villages creating as many jobs and impacting 15,000 households.

        HOW IT WORKS

        Ensuring a complete solution to manage waste.

        RGF’s Waste Management model partners with the Government of Punjab to provide a functioning solution to manage rural waste. RGF mobilizes and educates the local community to adopt and maintain a solid waste management system.




        Creating Widespread Awareness

        Continuous awareness building within communities to improve knowledge, participation, and attitudes towards sustained ecology and waste management.

        Community-based Implementation

        Identify and involve community champions for adoption, build and maintain composting facility, set-up street cleaning, and garbage collection system.

        Keeping ZERO WASTE Targets

        Analyze, monitor, and continuously optimize the process, outcome, community adherence, and participation for “Zero Waste” targets.

        OUTCOMES

        Restored ecosystem and public health.

        Waste management initiative gives the community a chance to come together in creating a healthier and cleaner environment for all.

        Healthier Community

        Beyond general aesthetical improvement, WM ensures a higher level of hygiene and sanitation for both households and community, and reduces pollution.

        Green Waste Reuse

        Green waste gets converted to compost and aids local farmers with local low-cost manure, keeping waste from going waste.

        Environmental Improvements

        Waste segregation at source leads to reducing pollutants entering water systems, landfills, and helps to avoid disease and maintain eco-balance.

        IMPACT

        Our Waste Management initiative aims to reach 120 communities by the end of 2021.

        130

        Operating Facilities

        23,796

        Households Impacted

        130

        Jobs Created

        ALL INITIATIVES

        SUSTAIN PUNJAB

        Plant for Punjab

        Restoring Punjab’s ecological balance through plantation drives and afforestation with indigenous plant species.

        HER PUNJAB

        Women’s Health

        Instrumenting improvements in rural women's physical and mental outcomes by building awareness, knowledge and decision-making abilities - breaking the transgenerational cycles of bias.

        HER PUNJAB

        Women’s Self-Help Groups

        Promoting economic growth through the creation of rural women alliances that in-turn encourage and empower members with support, education, and finances.

        SUSTAIN PUNJAB

        Waste Management

        Ensuring disease and pollution-free villages through segregation, disposal, recycling, and composting.

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        Your donations will help us give people of Punjab interventions they need, for a better life, a better future.

        Give in kind

        Donate technology, paint or saplings. Give in kind for our initiatives.

        GIVE IN KIND

        Sign up to volunteer

        Volunteer for our initiatives and enrich your journey to wellbeing.

        SIGN UP AS VOLUNTEER

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        Collaborate with us to become a part of the wellbeing revolution.

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