Refuse. Reduce. Reuse.
Recycle is a phrase we have been hearing a lot recently. Working with Fahim Uddin Shuvo, who is the founder of GARBAGEMAN, and also the winner of a few startup competitions such as Startup Challenge, Blue Gold Innovation Challenge and Best Startup at YYGoshty accelerator for social businesses.
GARBAGEMAN primarily works to create an efficient, affordable and smooth waste management system by “Upcycling” waste into resource. Aiming to change the socio-economic stance on the system and inspire as well as engage communities in the process.
Out of sight is not out of reality and so it’s important to Fahim that we should take up the responsibility for our actions and bring back the green in our cities and minimize the negative impact done to the environment.
Starting local, GARBAGEMAN collects all the organic and non organic waste in his local area of Uttara, one of the infinite neighbourhood of the huge Dhaka, and processes it at his pilot plant where the waste is organised and cleaned. Their main product so far is 'Regen: Organic Fertilizer', which is much better for the environment because it prevents waste from entering the land fill and is more beneficial for plants growing in Bangladesh, as they use too many pesticides and fertilisers which is reducing the quality of the soil they grow.
Currently GARBAGEMAN has saved 6 tons of organic waste going to landfills in the last 6 month of operation and recycled them successfully into healthy useful soil. Fahim still has a long way to go as Dhaka city produces 5000 tons of Garbage everyday with 70% of it being food waste. We support his project full heartedly and hope to boost awareness about his startup and wish him the best in his challenging endeavour to clean up Dhaka.