Fixing Kerala's waste management crisis through an app | AAKRI

[00:00:00] We face many challenges when it comes to waste management, particularly e-waste and biomedical

[00:00:17] waste. Getting rid of household waste using traditional methods like incinerators and

[00:00:22] landfill leads to soil, air and water pollution. Undisputed and unfreated junk are drowning

[00:00:29] Indian cities by sheer accumulation. But what if you can sell the waste in your household

[00:00:35] using a mobile application? Meet Archery, a futuristic environmentally friendly startup

[00:00:40] aim to address care-last-waste issues.

[00:00:45] This is Onmanorama's Startup Launcher podcast, a show for budding entrepreneurs who dream

[00:00:49] of turning their ideas into successful businesses. Season 2 of Startup Launcher will cover the

[00:00:55] success stories of some incredible care-last start-ups.

[00:01:00] I am Adira Mahatma, assistant producer at Onmanorama. In this episode let's chat with Akri

[00:01:05] and A4 mercantile school founder Ji Chandraseger to find out how they are reducing waste

[00:01:10] sustainability to save the planet.

[00:01:17] Chandraseger, welcome to Startup Launcher. First of all can you introduce the Akri app to our

[00:01:23] listeners?

[00:01:24] Akri is a platform built by me in the year 2019. Along from 2016 onwards I have been

[00:01:31] thinking about a platform where people, normal people can touch the heart of normal people

[00:01:37] and take the base from them. Any media, like any Facebook marketing or any other social

[00:01:44] media, I was thinking about starting up through a social media and then converting that

[00:01:49] media into a digital platform. That's how the platform came up in my mind.

[00:01:54] I was attending a lot of seminars workshop throughout India regarding waste management.

[00:02:01] So I came up to start an app, based on all the people in coaching on the first phase.

[00:02:10] That's how building of an app came into my mind. In 2016 onwards I have been researching

[00:02:15] and then in 2019 app got launched. Before 2019 I operated this scrap management with

[00:02:23] one vehicle and two staff. Those two staff are still with Akri now. They are being promoted

[00:02:27] and they are doing well. So that was purely through face marketing, understanding the culture

[00:02:33] and understanding the base scenario in coaching. That's how we converted it into a platform

[00:02:38] and named it Akri because Akri is a local name with regards to a scrap. Why scrap if you

[00:02:46] ask me? That was the first thing where I can get into customer base because getting into

[00:02:51] the other kind of waste was very difficult at that time. With support like clean killer

[00:02:57] companies with a machine local body everybody is involved in those kinds of categories.

[00:03:00] So it was very difficult for me to get an approval earlier. So I started with scrap management

[00:03:07] and then I was five, six, nine, I changed every year, every six months. I was adding on those

[00:03:12] items which people difficult had to dispose. That's how the system is now taking the entire

[00:03:19] waste verticals. What kind of impact did the Akri app hope to make when it launched and

[00:03:25] how close do you think you are to achieving that mission? I was always going very slow on

[00:03:30] that process because I want to create an impact to the people in such a way that when you

[00:03:36] always say that slow and steady wins the race, that kind of formula was there in my mind

[00:03:41] because it should not happen that I had even a small error which I had happened the

[00:03:46] app when I launched because it came out in the radio well, I think it was right up from

[00:03:52] I think it came out in the radio and a lot of downloads happened. It got crashed. My reviews

[00:03:57] went down. So then that time onwards I thought like I'll go with a slow pace building my

[00:04:02] own network in question and in other part of other part of areas also in the small area

[00:04:09] also. And impact what Akri we were mentioning we are actually on the steady state now. It

[00:04:15] was a bit difficult to start off with a lot of challenges first there but then came out

[00:04:20] well. The team was very strong with one vehicle and two staff when I started now we have around

[00:04:25] 17 vehicles and 35 staff including my IT team and the pick up team. So the growth was a steady

[00:04:33] growth till now and with the support of Kerala's stratum mission and other local bodies it was

[00:04:40] the journey is amazing actually to be honest. What products and services does the app offer and which

[00:04:45] all the stricts in Kerala come under the service coverage? Initially started with Kuchin as it

[00:04:51] told you it was all scrap management so we used to take all those paper related items which comes

[00:04:56] to newspaper, cartons, text, book, all the paper items then metals which are called

[00:05:02] like aluminum steel iron, emers and all the scrap where we can pay to the customer and we paid

[00:05:11] we can do our go down the risk we just segregated and we send it to the recyclers. This is a simple

[00:05:15] process which was going and it was a revenue generated model that was how we have started and

[00:05:19] slowly with the time with the cement clings where we know that you know the other ways which

[00:05:24] people were hard to find this post it like for example bed broken glasses we have bought

[00:05:31] also something both all the bottles and even the plastic covers shoes leather rexins this are very hard

[00:05:38] to dispose no other people we take it I used to put all those things in the app where I got

[00:05:42] as close where I can dispose all these things but I wasn't going for a landfill so I have put it

[00:05:48] in my app and slowly started collecting that also within 2020 I have launched that feature as well

[00:05:54] except wood and ceramics which was very hard to find people to take care of these products

[00:05:59] other than that I take everything and 2021 was a major area where I got into biomedical waste

[00:06:07] and I came to know that in all as per 2016 the rules which was there was not been followed throughout

[00:06:13] the country so I actually want to channelize that issue and rather than wrapping up in the plastic

[00:06:20] and going to the landfill in Ramapuram I thought why not I try through app and take this all these

[00:06:26] biomedical waste which is generated in domestic household do it scientifically because we have a

[00:06:31] facility here in Kerala and as per rule also it says that every state has got a common waste

[00:06:37] treatment storage facilities there and it is not been used much that the facilities not being

[00:06:43] much used by the people or not by the local body so I went there that is called KEL Kerala

[00:06:51] and where infrastructure limited I met the CEO there I get the scientist there engineers there

[00:06:56] then I have to question them to open it for the public so initially they were like little

[00:07:01] reluctant to open it up because that much waste is generated in domestic as nobody knows about that

[00:07:07] so then they have told us for my proposal and they only want me to join with

[00:07:15] in a civic body like any local illicities who can take up along with me so they didn't know I can

[00:07:20] do some pilot there take the waste do the scientific process so I approached

[00:07:25] Dhrukhapira I approached Bharat Munsh Palty I approached Kalam Shri Munsh Palty even I approached

[00:07:30] Chinkoprasha also so 2021 neither of them approved but last year Kalam Shri Munsh Palty

[00:07:37] health and the chairperson and also the secretary there intercepted the job to me for the

[00:07:43] collection of domestic biomedical waste in Kalam Shri Munsh Palty I think 17,000 households

[00:07:47] Hyderamasana will stop the there was actually a rule in enforce but Hyderamasana was

[00:07:52] not using that going by that so I took up the waste and then it was very less

[00:07:58] per day I used to get around 7 to 10 kilos only because people who are willing to give us

[00:08:03] people who knows I didn't know this should not go for landfill this should be only do scientifically

[00:08:08] so people used to call us though the margin was very less I used to take those waste and I used

[00:08:13] to hand over it to KL slowly that went to 20 to 30 kiloze a day when to 100 kiloze a day last year

[00:08:20] December we were doing around 3 to 4 times a month from this January onwards 2020 then January

[00:08:25] onwards the tonnage was very huge we were doing around one tenet day one tenet day close to one

[00:08:33] and by last month it was almost two tenet days so we are closing around 60 to 70 tons in one

[00:08:39] from the entire coaching compression including coaching corruption coaching

[00:08:43] corruption called up an expression of interest knowing the fact that this rule is also

[00:08:49] an important to take up because earlier there was two type of waste which was generated one was

[00:08:53] plastic waste and on the food waste and getting domestic waste separate from plastic was a big

[00:08:59] issue so then coaching corruption called up an expression of interest we were selected for the

[00:09:04] corporation and since January 2023 we have been collecting biomedical waste from coaching

[00:09:11] corruption also this is how the journey is going on launching an executing an app based on

[00:09:18] waste management must take a lot of logistic skills what are some of the challenges you encountered

[00:09:24] after the launch of our Cree when I was planning for an app development earlier I was not having

[00:09:31] that much financial things financial background was very less in terms of money to launch a

[00:09:36] launch an app because app creation of an app some where it takes around five to ten lakh rupees

[00:09:42] to start off with a good app so I was at least I was given this app for a development

[00:09:48] company in the infopark they were building it so every small small changes it was actually very

[00:09:54] difficult for me to you know go up to them and you know change this because every

[00:09:58] every month the update has to happen every every every month it happens that something or other

[00:10:02] will come up then I have to go there requires them to update they will you know give them on

[00:10:06] then I have to you know it was very getting very difficult so 2021 I have planned to take up

[00:10:12] team to my to my role get the source code from the company which has been

[00:10:18] interested in job so then I've started my own team IT team and we have started building it

[00:10:24] so it was very easy because the whole developer whole team was there with me I can you know

[00:10:28] that every time the application happens and it was going smooth because a lot of things has

[00:10:33] just including the server management managing a lot of things are there throughout the monitoring

[00:10:36] is also required even small small changes also requires a lot of time a lot of algorithm has to

[00:10:41] be made up a lot of things has to be made so then after coming the and I did team to my asset

[00:10:47] things are very smooth and I could manage with the scrap management I could manage the entire

[00:10:52] you know workforce very well I could manage the miracle and then I've started after launching

[00:10:58] in coaching last year I've started in lavender also thresher and now in callicate

[00:11:04] uh callicate corporation and thresher corporation is also given as a work order for collection of

[00:11:08] domestic biomedical waste through app okay uh we should build also at the time of as per the rule

[00:11:13] we have to give an issue of the bill also so it's all done through application only the pickup

[00:11:19] pattern is also there for those who go there and take up for them also separate app has been

[00:11:24] built up for color smooth collection and you know transplant billy the brim buram waste plan fire

[00:11:29] and the infamous kochi toxic haze had sparked outrage among the public over the states improper

[00:11:35] and unscientific waste management practices what do you think went wrong and what different

[00:11:40] approach can help avoid such disasters in the future here uh I would say that you know everybody's

[00:11:46] basis their own responsibility actually it is not the corporations or it's not the uh

[00:11:51] local civic bodies responsibility we are creating the waste and it we are the sole responsible of

[00:11:55] our waste uh brim buram landfill I'm not getting much into deep the the 110 acre of land which

[00:12:02] got fair uh in the one the February I believe it was a sign for all the people uh the hazardous smoke

[00:12:09] which was emitted in the brim buram which was very toxic and somehow around 13 days, 14 days we

[00:12:15] have survived that smoke lot of health hazard issues happened so that after that only the

[00:12:21] corporation also uh readily added all the people who works in the waste field for you know

[00:12:27] scientific process all these hazardous waste in which includes biomedical waste also so biomedical

[00:12:32] waste has to be scientifically treated and all those plastic waste generated caught pressure and

[00:12:36] actually put up a lot of private agencies also to take up this private uh to take up this

[00:12:40] waste clear all these areas if you have the fine mercy boost to people who are littering outside

[00:12:45] so all this it changed happened which in cooperation after this brim buram issue only now I think

[00:12:51] only the food waste goes there now the other than that nothing uh goes here and also BPCL

[00:12:55] and other big companies are playing a very important role to get a good plan there so that you know

[00:13:00] we can have a good uh system in place in at the 8 to 10 months time so this is actually wake up call

[00:13:06] brim buram was a wake up call for everybody all the pochets

[00:13:09] can you take us through the process of using the aqua app say I have a sack full of biomedical

[00:13:14] waste like sanitary paths and syringes what do I do and what does the app do?

[00:13:20] Presently it is only available in android iPhone the build is actually going on

[00:13:24] so they can have a few weeks for iPhone even if it was there but then the direction of the price

[00:13:28] by the kuchin corporation we have to get adjusted with the application also so you know uh

[00:13:33] other than that for all those people who wants to book biomedical waste application they just have

[00:13:38] to download it in a kria go to the biomedical section they have to give their address for the

[00:13:43] initial users they have to register themself with the phone number and OTP will come and then

[00:13:47] they get register they can give their address automatically the uh after giving the address the

[00:13:51] system will identify whether they belong to which corporation or months per day it will automatically

[00:13:56] get fetched up you have to select your corporation you have to select your ward because uh we should

[00:14:00] make sure that you know the particular waste is been collected which division which ward name of

[00:14:05] the person a lot of things has to be registered then if they give the ward a particular day will appear

[00:14:10] because kuchin corporation is given us weekly five days a week chart 15 division has been covered in a

[00:14:16] day right so monday when the state is all divided so uh a person from food kuchi if they log in the

[00:14:21] app and register the booking always monday will be enabled for them so if you do from ad apply it'll

[00:14:26] be thirst is 74 divisions are there in ad problems so it's been uh bifurcated in such a way that you

[00:14:31] know everybody have a booking once in a week we go and pick them up in case any delays just due to

[00:14:36] rain or something we uh just cover it for the next next uh very next day so it's a very smooth

[00:14:41] process and they get some green points also uh and also getting locations also very easy for us

[00:14:46] for a for a part of app for us if they do the booking through application otherwise if the

[00:14:51] people cannot use the application we have a toll fee number uh which is displayed and they can give

[00:14:56] us a call anytime we will register from here along with that there is a ward sub number also they

[00:15:00] can just say hello to that ward sub number automatically we take all the details from the custom

[00:15:04] and we can ensure you rain pick up those three ways there take up the waste how do you ensure the

[00:15:11] safety and well-being of your employees who handle waste materials it is a very good question

[00:15:17] because uh all this hazardous waste which is being managed by the pickup staff

[00:15:21] we potential risk is also involved in this so we make sure that you know proper

[00:15:27] mask and proper gloves has been taken up by the pickup staff when they handle all this kind of

[00:15:33] waste when you go to particular houses and all we find it is been lying on a very shabby,

[00:15:37] very messy way it has been uh so uh we always educate them to keep it in a good sack so that you

[00:15:43] know next time when we come and also we give extra covers to them so that you know they can refill

[00:15:48] they can use our cover and then next time when they call up they can tie the cover and then give it

[00:15:52] us so if we handle a food waste also it is much decent food waste though it is very you know uh

[00:15:59] you know it might not smell good but uh biomedical waste it's entirely different scenario the

[00:16:06] people who are the guys who are going for pickup is also finding very difficult morning nine to

[00:16:11] evening nine we work throughout the division to get the you know uh sandation work done so uh

[00:16:17] at most importantly I always make sure that you know all the medical checkups and all the

[00:16:22] treatment for this guys have been taken care I always give them proper you know solution for them

[00:16:27] to take a take up how the waste has been handled and also with the KL it's also very supportive in

[00:16:32] that case proper vehicle has been put up for collection of this biomedical waste proper covers has been

[00:16:38] put up to take up this biomedical waste and proper uh safety is also ensured all the time

[00:16:43] throughout that throughout that how's the experience working with corporation bodies in Kerala

[00:16:48] what are some of the issues that need to be addressed to make integration into the existing

[00:16:53] infrastructures easier working with local bodies very tough because every week or every

[00:16:59] twice a week we have to go to the corporation we have to be in front of a council we have to be

[00:17:04] in front of a man we have to be not all the paper work we have to sit in we have to you know give

[00:17:09] answers to all these local bodies what kind of waste complaints which has been raised during those

[00:17:13] week everything has to be addressed lot of shouting also happens when people abuses us all the

[00:17:18] things are there part of this work only work also because getting into government and working with

[00:17:23] the government sector is always an issue and also the image of the brand will also go down because

[00:17:28] when we get into public the application has got a brand value which may go down in the

[00:17:33] star rating in terms of you know users also lot of connectivity reviews may also come up earlier

[00:17:39] it was opened and now it is open three so it's just because of you know we around give the you

[00:17:45] know correct you know help to all those people who are in need of waste solutions but again

[00:17:51] we have to address this issue it is very important that you know now we have to work with the

[00:17:55] government and take care of the solution because earlier there was a note there was no channel for

[00:17:59] this now we are getting we have brought a channel people are getting into you know scientific

[00:18:04] disposal of treatment compression has reduced rate from for the pair of these two 12 rupees for

[00:18:08] the help of all the people for all those who want to take up this channel I think there's a

[00:18:12] plan coming up also so working with LSD when I go back and sleep I feel good because at least

[00:18:19] I've done agriculture with my self to the society my team has contributed myself to those and

[00:18:24] also cooperation also done lot of for there you know users who are staying in the compression promises

[00:18:31] so that way it's good actually work with local community and also I'm trying to build up network

[00:18:35] in the short corporation and the delicate corporation also and take the biomedical base from the

[00:18:41] mars so yes they want to take up this project on a higher note because the burning has to be

[00:18:50] stopped and when you talk about STGs UN STGs we talk about net carbon zero this burning the

[00:18:57] sensational local installation or the burning has to be stopped so people have to come up and wake up

[00:19:04] as the primordial issue was happened everywhere the waste is getting a dumped in landfill so plastic

[00:19:09] all the plastics actually one of the beautiful product but we have not been using it in a good way

[00:19:14] that's the reason all these lines will happen if you have used it in a very wise and very nice way

[00:19:19] this plastic would definitely generate a lot of money it can be recycled anything can be recycled

[00:19:25] so that awareness was not given to public throughout these years now slowly changes are happening

[00:19:32] for plastic management and evase management next big 30s evased so everybody every all the local

[00:19:38] bodies all the corporation other months but it's taking up very seriously to take up all these

[00:19:43] these particles and see the environment how's the feedback from your customers are there

[00:19:49] effective solutions in place to assist your customers even during peak times for bulk pickup orders

[00:19:55] it's actually very positive when I started my journey with one vehicle I was you know with one

[00:20:01] vehicle and two stuff long back to 2019 I had around 35 to 40 scrap out of the day and I couldn't

[00:20:10] do much because you know one vehicle cannot go to 35 houses a day so then I when I get into more

[00:20:16] and do application base we have we can do a lot of modification a lot of changes so that

[00:20:21] you know I can save my logistics so on a particular day when we go we get around 20 to 30 houses

[00:20:26] it can be cleared well and we can bring and people are very happy because on a click of button

[00:20:31] they can dispose their waste so customers are very friendly and very nice to us

[00:20:37] and throughout in coaching we made a good mark when we started the journey and when I get into

[00:20:45] compression the value of the event band was actually getting depreciated just because people

[00:20:53] on call used to take our services biomedical waste when they call within 24 or 48 hours we go

[00:20:58] and pick their waste now implementation of after implementing this one week waste removal

[00:21:05] all the people all the all the people who wish to take up who wish to pay us and you know

[00:21:09] take up this waste within hour or within a day well it's not possible they have to wait for a week

[00:21:14] time for us to you know take the waste from their home so for that reason we are coming up with

[00:21:20] a grip prime also where the people who wants to dispose their waste immediately or within

[00:21:25] within 24 hours we have solution for the month there are there are people who like to this they don't

[00:21:29] want to take up they don't want to keep the waste at home for a long long time so in for immediate

[00:21:34] the solution we are coming up prime features also so it's good and also with the startup

[00:21:40] mission along with us it's very you know we have such a wonderful CEO and who's being the head of

[00:21:47] the startup is always about all the 24 by 7 he always wish this system to run good and you know

[00:21:55] reach height and Akri he's also coming up in major cities in South India and also a couple of

[00:22:02] MOA has been signed in international forum also like in Australia and Australia also startup

[00:22:09] we have got selected in sales 21 that is in Austria and we went there in the month of March

[00:22:17] for what to understand the systems there to for a soft landing of this application and to get

[00:22:21] to know the system there also so a lot of support is there from Kerala startup mission and I think

[00:22:26] we have only waste management company who connects with an app in Kerala there are couple of other

[00:22:31] plays in other states but they don't do much of you know whole waste vertical they don't enter

[00:22:38] day but I do almost except food I do everything a food is also one thing which I want to do it through

[00:22:44] application but personally you know there's a system in place which I don't want to disturb

[00:22:49] so it's good by that way I have a question that would be on anyone's mind who uses the Akri app

[00:22:57] how are you keeping things affordable and profitable on the customers end and on your end

[00:23:02] from customers point of view we see disposing 1 kilo of biomedical based in a municipality it requires

[00:23:07] 45 rupees they have to pay us it's just a matter of selling two kilos of newspaper so it's

[00:23:12] there that they just have to dispose two kilo of newspaper they get 44 rupees in hand same 45

[00:23:18] rupees 1 kilo they can dispose their medical biomedical waste they can earn through scamp also

[00:23:23] so that is the management which you follow in the application and reducing the rate to 12 rupees now

[00:23:27] and also the people families who are really defining difficult the better than patients and all

[00:23:34] for them also per person is coming up with a package where they don't have to pay in it even that

[00:23:38] is fully free for all these pick up and all so that's how it is how do you envision this venture's

[00:23:46] future growth and scope for expansion what is the long term goal I don't have preset long term

[00:23:52] goals as far as I am concerned this system should go well in all part of the KERLA especially I

[00:23:58] want to take up this biomedical based challenges that is the main area where you know it has to be

[00:24:03] scientifically treated so that is where I have to take up this app to all the

[00:24:06] corporation all the good spaldis lord and the KERLA six corporation and I think eight four months

[00:24:11] are there I think so that is the main concern for me apart from that I have also you know with

[00:24:17] the language integration coming up in place I can take up this venture to all the south India and

[00:24:22] also all the states and anybody who can associate with our KERLA can use this app and they can

[00:24:29] you know take up their own states and you know we can have a circular problem building through

[00:24:33] application and we talk about G2D and we talk about Azhadiq Abdul Mahousal all these government policies

[00:24:40] we all have to you know take care this waste management is a biggest threat to our you know country

[00:24:46] so being responsible is a big thing in this so who's ever who want to associate with us definitely

[00:24:52] I always have we are very much open to them they can take up this you know application to their

[00:24:57] respective state and it's an opportunity for them also they can earn through them also

[00:25:02] and they are building the nation also that so that is my mission for the you know Akri before winding

[00:25:08] up this podcast let me ask some quick questions about the management side of it what is it like

[00:25:13] to manage a business with your life partner do you find time to pursue personal interests and hobbies

[00:25:18] I'm not at the moment because I'm too much into Akri now morning six o'clock to evening 10-11

[00:25:24] it's all Akri about me so marrying the whole team and though when the biomedical sectioning

[00:25:29] included I have to be with that team because from the health from the counselors calls comes in

[00:25:37] so I have to address because it's an immediate situation which is to be done so you know

[00:25:41] being with the team is very important at this stage of Akri so personal life I am

[00:25:44] it's you know I'm compromising a lot but she understands a lot she's a company's cheap technology

[00:25:52] officer she is packing up the technology and I decide also so hobbies yes yes I have a good

[00:25:59] I was a sports person but personally last two three years I it's a bigger step with flop for me

[00:26:06] I used to play tennis I used to run yeah so everything is in a hole now I thought you know let's do

[00:26:11] something for the nation for the state for the city now and then rest all the can so work

[00:26:19] is what I am more into now even the entire team also the entire team who saw joined with Akri

[00:26:25] socially with Akri from the day one they are still there with me and their support is very

[00:26:30] important at this stage and also all the staff are very happy also and I just because of them

[00:26:38] Akri is now all the starting from the go down step to the top level people I think also everybody

[00:26:45] throughout the day when they don't have it's like you know even 12 o'clock night 12 o'clock also

[00:26:49] we work salad is a nice way work so it's a whole team effort I should say which made Akri

[00:26:56] to join the other creator now what a success what is the most important lesson you have learned

[00:27:01] after launching the startup important lessons is a teamwork only it's teamwork though the when

[00:27:08] I started with the scrap earlier I had few threads to shut down the amma but then I was on that

[00:27:15] track only I never thought that you know I have to I have to quit it or some I just I just want

[00:27:20] to take up this into a different level itself couple of orders came up for even 10 rupees 15 rupees

[00:27:26] also people calls us I used to send vehicle and take up now from there only they are all started

[00:27:31] slowly slowly adding items which other people could not take it made this app for the

[00:27:37] little more success rate and also coming up biomedical ways coming into picture has reached

[00:27:43] almost all the people know so we have a solution we have really solving a problem of a common man

[00:27:50] so that's how it is so yeah how do you stay updated on emerging waste management trends and

[00:27:57] technologies I used to read a lot I used to I still follow a lot of waste management techniques

[00:28:03] which been followed a new role which has come green points that's just very new role came out in

[00:28:09] the guess it also green credit side believe I think it's green credits so all these policies after

[00:28:14] knowing it we implement we make sure that it gets implemented in the app as well now all the

[00:28:20] latest EPR policies that is external responsibility of a user like you use a we all go to a

[00:28:27] particular shop by a packet of waste it's 10 rupees we did we dispose the cover so this cover

[00:28:33] for them it is good they pay 10 rupees it's over but it's a responsibility of less

[00:28:39] to say disposes cover so that is a new EPR policy where all these big players and the source

[00:28:48] will pay the collectors in simple way I'll tell you to the waste management company who takes

[00:28:54] up all this waste even if it's a botany cover even if it's a you know any curry powder cover

[00:28:59] all these they are responsibility to take up this waste from this it is because they are the generators

[00:29:05] so EPR loop is also coming up in the app where people can scan and can see all these waste which

[00:29:11] has been generated by them it's properly handled by us so EPR is coming up marketplaces

[00:29:16] coming up marketplaces another new feature which is going to come in where people can trade

[00:29:22] scrap people can trade with their commodities bulk waste generator model which come is coming up

[00:29:27] that is any people who generates more than 100 kilo comes under category of bulk waste

[00:29:33] whether it is a hospital whether it's a school university anywhere so that feature is also coming up

[00:29:39] so excess food can be taken up from the hotels and can be distributed by the poor

[00:29:44] excess clothes can be just before the expiry people can take up we can give to our curry and we will

[00:29:49] make sure that you know this goes to the right people so that way a lot of activities is planned

[00:29:55] in phase by phase this year itself so features are coming up very much updated with the technology

[00:30:01] the entire team is also updated so any new features or any new article which is going to come up

[00:30:05] we always observe that you know how we can implement it in our create how we can take up this

[00:30:09] solution and do something with this through technology we ourselves so we are in touch

[00:30:14] with all these latest happening what do you think is the most important aspect of a business

[00:30:19] that makes it successful important aspects to make business success actually is

[00:30:26] a solving a real life issue is for me is biggest business which I actually want to take up

[00:30:37] because a common man if he finds to dispose anything very difficult rather than throwing it

[00:30:43] on a landfill or on a playground or any street making it channel and getting those waste

[00:30:50] into an economy circular model is what I always think and that is my mantra of business actually

[00:30:58] to test the common man and help them and finally what advice would you give to entrepreneurs who

[00:31:04] plan to launch startups in the industry well there should be a lot of Chandrishagar should be born

[00:31:10] because I always welcome there are that much waste is there anybody because you know a couple of

[00:31:16] schools comes here a couple of you know indents happens here in this office so I and many of them

[00:31:22] who would like to take up this waste management you know startup always the reason who

[00:31:27] server wants to you know take up who wants to study I always give them all the support people should

[00:31:33] take up people should take up there are enough waste in our country with the passion

[00:31:37] people if anybody wants to join this industry I am ready to help some bold them

[00:31:42] teach them and then you know take them into success as well so I always wish people should

[00:31:49] who's over who have got the industry in this field in this field though it is not a white color job

[00:31:53] but we as a team will always welcome them train them to have a good you know startup

[00:32:00] built by the the monster all the ex-nid support needs also been provided by me I think a couple

[00:32:06] of people I think two or three people have been I was guided with them also take up in their

[00:32:11] different different states also Akri is coming up with the international winters also they can

[00:32:15] Bangladesh Indonesia where ocean plastics are very much high Sri Lanka also couple of

[00:32:19] proposals has been we are actually trying to set up a system there as well because if we are

[00:32:24] we are in the developing phase they are underdeveloped so when we develop their economy should also

[00:32:31] you know get developed so we are finding good people there also to take up this challenges along with

[00:32:37] our which is in India that's all please

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