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    Integrated Solid Waste
    Management Services
    Reduce
    Reuse
    Recycle
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    Towards Swaccha Cities
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    Recycling Waste
    Reduce
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    Decent Livelihoods
    for Vulnerable Sections of the Society
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    Recycle
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Welcome to Basix Municipal Waste Ventures

Basix Municipal Waste Ventures (BMWV) was incorporated in March 2012 after the culmination of five years of action research work in Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir states of India in establishing an effective mechanism to collect household wastage at the doorstep and feed to the value chain of solid waste processing through working with multiple stake holders –households, rag-pickers, urban local bodies. The action research was carried out by Indian Grameen Services, a not-for-profit affiliate of Basix Social Enterprise Group.

 

BMWV conducts programme on public awareness, primary doorstep collection, sorting, recycling, and composting for various Urban Local bodies and Resident Welfare Associations. BMWV aims to provide efficient, timely and quality services in collecting the waste at household doorstep in a segregated manner and feeds straight into efficient processing without any spillage or leakage in the chain from generation of waste to its effective and efficient processing.

 

BMWV believes the approach of collecting the waste at the household’s doorstep shall feed into an efficient and effective waste management systems and enables municipalities in creating litter free and garbage free Municipalities. That helps in enhancing hygiene of cities and promotes better health and living conditions for the citizens.

Our Vision, Mission & Objectives

Vision

Any form of Waste generated at homes, establishments are appropriately disposed, collected and fed into desirable processing efficiently ensuring

 
  • Dignity to people involved in the process,
  • Minimum damage to environment and
  • Promote health of living things including human, animal and plants.

Mission

Reducing extreme poverty of rag pickers

 

Improving urban environment through integrated municipal SWM

Objectives

Clean cities with reliable household waste collection

 

Build waste-pickers capacity to deliver effectively and sustainably

 

Divert waste from land filling to improve health and environment

Outreach

Basix Municipal Waste Ventures (BMWV)conducts integrated solid waste management including primary doorstep collection, sorting, recycling, and composting within a geographical area consisting approximately three lakh households. In addition, the venture provides sustainable livelihoods to the most marginalized urban community of waste pickers, decreases general public exposure to 22 vectorborne illnesses from waste and reduces total Greenhouse Gases.

3,00,000+

Households

Towards Swacchata

Municiplaities

  • Indore Municipal Corporation, Indore
  • Municipal Council of Kumbharaj, Dist. Guna, MP
  • Municipal Committee Budgam, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

Awareness

BMWV aims to spread awareness in the community. As well as the following activities are also being done:

  • Awareness and information campaigns in the community
  • Training for ULB's operational staff
  • Segregation of waste at source
  • Awarenss during garbage collection
  • Composting of biodegradable waste
  • Recycling of non-biodegradable waste
  • Social activity promoting long-term benefits to residents

Testimonials