🌱 What Happened
Poonam Bir Kasturi, a Bengaluru-based industrial designer, took the lead in transforming urban organic waste management in India. She founded Daily Dump, a composting initiative, in 2006.
💡 Impact
Daily Dump provides innovative, eco-friendly composting solutions for households, businesses, and communities. The initiative has already converted over 40000 tons of organic waste into compost, saving the environment from harmful landfill emissions. It has also inspired several other similar initiatives across the nation.
- Over 15000 families and 100 organizations are now actively composting with Daily Dump.
- Daily Dump has saved more than 24000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from reaching our atmosphere.
📍 The Bigger Picture
Poonam and her initiative not only helped reduce waste and environmental pollution but also made a significant contribution to the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) mission. Poonam’s work has been recognized internationally and she was awarded the 2015 Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.
For more on Poonam’s inspiring journey, visit Daily Dump.org.
Each one of us can make a difference. By choosing to compost, we can contribute to a cleaner, greener world for future generations.