Summary:
With these funds, Eco Frenz was able to buy 1,000 dinner plates, 1,000 breakfast plates, 2,000 spoons, 2,000 water glasses, 2,000 tea/coffee glasses and 2,000 sambar bowls. "We wanted to reduce the amount of waste reaching landfills by targeting plastic and paper items and hence decided to start a steel bank. The whole idea was to ditch paper or plastic cups and plates.Hansa, a sustainable waste management activist, was driven by a desire to reduce Bengaluru's garbage burden. While we'd use arecanut leaf plates and paper cups, they were quite expensive and not sustainable. The cutlery banks work on the reuse model and can therefore reduce the burden on the city’s landfills..