Being Eco

12/07/2016

Baby steps! :)

Abhilash Salimath, co-founder of a waste management company called Being Eco. They educate and enable people with effective ways of loving this planet!

03/06/2016

Hello!

The world environment day is just around the corner and everyone wants to do something to promote sustainability. We're at Wipro today promoting waste management to all the techies out here.

So if you're around and would like to know more about what we do or simply to just say hi, please drop by! We're at Tower 17, beside the food court.

And also, Being Eco turns 1 this Sunday. So we're super kicked about our first anniversary. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the folks who have helped us in this journey of ours so far and those who wished we'd find gold in all this trash. We're still looking.

Thanks to all you lovely peeps for calling us "waste pickers", "galeej gurus", "garbage boy", "toilet people" to name a few. You've only made us stronger :)

Cheers! Happy composting.

30/05/2016

Hey guys!

We've been busy planning workshops and activities for the World Environment Day which happens to be on the 5th of June.

We've partnered with The Embassy Group to help promote waste management by supplying custom designed Compost Starter Kits.

Here's a sneak peak into what we've made for them. If your organisation or school would like something similar made, do get in touch with us :)

More updates about the upcoming events soon! Stay glued to this page.

Happy Composting.

Make everyday feel like its The World Environment Day. Do your bit, we get only one planet, let's save it before its too late.

06/05/2016

Great weather brings greater news!

So we've been working with our new apartment "Sobha Petunia" for just about 35 days now. We've achieved 98% segregation in the apartment since the inception of the waste management program at the apartment. We compost on an average 50 Kgs of kitchen waste everyday in the waste management facility that is installed in the apartment. Composting using our systems usually takes about 25-30 days.

We harvested our first batch of compost from the crates a week ago and have been harvesting it on an everyday basis now. The result? Earthy, sweet smelling, dark nutrient rich compost! We're storing the compost that is generated for now to quantify the amount of compost generated before it is applied as a soil conditioner for the landscaping in the apartment.

This apartment is showing how managing the waste in-house and composting is sexy. Sustainability is indeed the new sexy.

We're beaming with joy at the exceptional results we've reaped at this apartment. Have a great weekend. Happy composting.

25/03/2016

Hey guys!

We hope you've had a great holi. So we've started working with another apartment, Sobha Petunia. This apartment has about 120 occupied flats. We're getting close to 100 Kgs of kitchen waste here everyday.

The builder had constructed a waste management room, with an OWC machine installed as well. Till about 2 months ago Sobha Petunia was generating only about 15 Kgs of kitchen waste and about 90kgs of reject waste on a daily basis. These numbers startled the extremely active green team in this apartment. It took 10 green volunteers and hours of knocking on residents doors and educating them about the need to segregate. In 1 week, segregation reached a whopping 98 percent. So from 15 Kgs of wet waste and 90 Kgs of reject waste, Sobha now generates 100 Kgs of kitchen waste a day, 10 Kgs of reject and about 40kgs of dry waste a day. Whoever said segregation is difficult and time consuming, needs to really rethink that.

So once this was done, the OWC started operating at full capacity. Problems aplenty then cropped up:
1. Extremely labor intensive.
2. Takes about 7 hours a day to "treat" 100 Kgs of kitchen waste.
3. Consumes a lot of electricity.
4. End product isn't really compost but is rocky in texture and looks more like stones.
5. Chemical laden saw dust was used to "treat" the waste.
6. Odor issues.
7. Expensive. High running costs.

This is where Being Eco came in. We revamped the entire process. The apartment association has constructed another waste management facility to handle the garden waste and use Being Eco's method of composting. Such a fantastic green team here.

We're handling 50 Kgs of the waste while the remaining 50 is still being handled by the OWC. We're slowly phasing out the use of this machine since it was purchases on an EMI by the builder. This should happen in the next 3 months where the entire 100 Kgs of the kitchen waste will be treated using Being Ecos method.

So when you do an apple to apple comparison between the 2 methods:
1. Not labor intensive at all.
2. Takes exactly 40 minutes to treat 50 Kgs of the kitchen waste.
3. No electricity used.
4. End product is earthy smelling rich dark nutrient rich compost.
5. Being Eco's additive, CompAdd is used which is entirely organic in nature.
6. Absolutely no odor issues.
7. Minimal running costs.

So what we're trying to tell you folks is that:
1. Segregation is easy and takes a little push to make it a habit.
2. Composting is an inexpensive process.
3. No fancy equipments are required.
4. Minimal labor and time are required per day to compost in your apartment complex.

Stay tuned to see more updates from Being Eco. Have a great weekend.

21/03/2016

22/02/2016

Hey Guys! We hope you've had a good weekend because we sure have had a killer weekend.

We were part of REWABE's event called What Rubbish! We set up a small stall there where we spoke to residents about composting and conducted demos on how composting using the Being Eco kits is hassle free and requires minimal labour and is an odourless process. We've realised over the past couple of weeks that participation among the citizens of Bengaluru has increased significantly and more and more concerned folks want to know about waste management.

So if you guys are one among those enthusiastic kinds who wants to make a difference and do something about the waste problems that is plaguing our city do get in touch with us :)

Have a great Monday!

07/02/2016

What a way to spend the Sunday!

Being Eco was humbled to be a part of a Flea Market organised at Cooke Town today. What a turnout!

The response we got was brilliant. Everyone around was talking about waste management. What's fantastic is we had people come in and listen to us talk about segregation of waste and learn how composting works. We had an audience that ranged from little kids to old (young at heart) folks who were enthralled with the idea of managing their own waste.

It's these small steps that we take together that will help us in realizing our dream of a Clean Bengaluru - Our Lost Garden City of India.

25/01/2016

Hey guys!

Super kicked about this amazing initiative :) We've officially launched SwachaGraha. Do take a look at this page ASAP!

We're challenging the notion that composting is a difficult & dirty process and that organic waste has to be thrown out or disposed off every day. Composting is a cleaner option than leaving mixed waste in a bin. Imagine a million homes with a million green spots, it would be a Green Revolution of another kind. You can stand tall for your green spot home, your clean city and the health of your family.

Do this. We need your pledge. Your support. Your help. We need you. Sign up now.

http://www.swachagraha.in/
www.beingeco.org

20/01/2016

http://www.beingeco.org/

So we're online :) Do check us out and give us a shout if you need to know more about what we do and how we could help you or your community manage their waste.

Have a great day ahead.

We will be releasing weekly blogs on our website, the links of which will be shared on Facebook as well. Do take a read. We won't be boring.

Being Eco.

Create a greener and cleaner surrounding by Composting as a Waste Management Solution with Being Eco's waste management products and services.

12/01/2016

Hi!

As promised, more pictures and details from the Under 25 Summit. Being Eco was partnered with the folks from Under 25 as green partners to manage the waste that was generated during this event and to reach out to the young gen who attended this event. The idea was to keep this a Zero Waste Event and to educate all those attending! That's exactly what we did.

So a brief of what we did during the 2 days of the event (January 9th and 10th):
1. We came up with the idea of using cardboard bins as dry waste collection bins that were spread out all over the venue at the Northern Terrace in the World Trade Centre, Malleshwaram.
This was to reduce the use of plastic wherever possible. We however had to use plastic drums for collecting the wet waste that was generated during this event. We were appointed as green partners 2 days prior to the event so we did have some budget and time constraints which didn't really allow us to carry out the event in the exact way of making this as green as we thought we could. Some unavoidable things like brochures, pamphlets, some water bottles etc. were generated from the various people who had set up stalls at this event. The idea was to reduce the use of plastic and paper wherever possible but it did get challenging in some aspects. With the limited time and budget, Being Eco tried their level best to make do of whatever was available.
2. We had standees and posters all over the venue to tell people about this Zero Waste Initiative that we wanted them to be a part of.
3. We had 'Waste Segregation - Composting Booths' where Being Eco was discussing about the pressing issues of garbage and how it is extremely easy to manage your waste if you began segregating your waste. This way, we were able to reach out to the younger audience who were very keen on doing this at their respective homes. Such joy!
4. The folks at this Summit were kind enough to even let Abhilash talk on stage to the attendees and tell them about what we were doing.
5. All in all, over a 1000 attendees on each of the 2 days for the Summit, 100 + Kgs of dry waste and about 20 Kgs of wet waste and what felt like a million happy faces, we were able to keep this to a minimal waste event if anything.

All the dry waste was shipped away to our recycler nearby and the wet waste was composted using CompAdd.

Lesson Learnt: We've not inherited our Earth from our past ancestors but merely just borrowed it from the next generation.

Stay Green. Stay Blessed.

08/01/2016

What a long day it's been for the Being Eco team today!

We're pleased to announce that we will be the Green Partners for the Under 25 Club which is hosting a Summit at the World Trade Centre on the 9th and the 10th of January 2016. Under 25 Summit is India's largest youth festival for entrepreneurs, designers, developers, musicians, food enthusiasts, makers, doers, travellers and you.

So we're striving really hard to make this a Zero Waste Event! A sneak peak into what we're working on: We'e even done away with plastic! Our bins are made from what seems like our favourite reusable material at the moment - the humble cardboard boxes!

More details and pictures from the event to follow shortly! :)

Have a fantastic day ahead peeps.

Stay Green. Stay Blessed.