Upcycling transforms by-products, waste materials, and useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products perceived to be of greater quality, such as artistic, commercial, or environmental value. It reforms and refurnishes waste for another use. It converts waste into value-added products to save resources.
1) Oversight
The project will establish a system/model to manage feather waste from the streets and waters of Shivamogga smart city. It will then be reprocessed and repurposed which will give some members of stakeholders an employment opportunity in the sale of the repurposed products. The environment will benefit from an increased substitution of fossil-based for biobased materials derived from waste streams.
ii) Sustainability Step includes:
• Community assessment,
• Project implementation;
• Community engagement commitment
• Rotary Club, Shimoga North is a committed group that expects to be an important health/environmental group in Shivamogga smart city for many years.
• Rotarian in in-charge will visit this operation periodically to ensure everything functions as intended. Our team of Rotarians has a proven record of sustainability on the global grant/ESRAG projects; and support over the years.
• The equipment that will be designed/purchased as part of this grant will be properly maintained and serviced and is expected to have a long, functional life. Rtn. Dr. Dhoolappa M. will visit this operation periodically to ensure everything is functioning as intended. Er. Umesh S. has a proven record of sustainability on the projects; he has supported over the years.
• We perusing the Shivamogga City, Corporation to provide the required space (at the Solid Waste Recycling Unit at Alkola Circle Ward No. 6) to establish a feather bank. MOU will be entered into terms and conditions as lay down by stakeholders. It will have enough tax revenue and government allocations initially to meet the recurring and maintenance expenses.
• It will have enough tax revenue and government allocations to meet the recurring and maintenance expenses.
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