Bengaluru startup joins hands with GBA to launch on-site sanitary and biomedical waste processing units
Neo San, a Bengaluru startup, is collaborating with the Greater Bengaluru Authority to launch on-site sanitary and biomedical waste processing units. The initiative, named 'SafeDispose Bengaluru', aims to deploy these units across various institutions in the city to address waste management challenges. This project is part of a broader effort to improve urban sanitation and reduce pollution from waste burning.
- ▪Neo San will deploy its smart waste-processing units, 'Neo-X', across Bengaluru as part of a World Economic Forum initiative.
- ▪The initiative aims to provide on-site treatment of sanitary and biomedical waste, eliminating open burning and reducing emissions.
- ▪The project is funded by a grant and aims to reach over 5,000 women in the city.
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Neo San, a Bengaluru-based clean-technology company, will deploy its smart waste-processing units, ‘Neo-X’, across institutions in Bengaluru, as part of a World Economic Forum (WEF)-led initiative in collaboration with the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and the Government of Karnataka.The initiative named ‘SafeDispose Bengaluru’ will look at deploying these on-site sanitary and biomedical waste processing units in a phase-wise manner at government and private institutions across the city, including colleges, schools, primary health centres, women’s hostels, government housing and other official buildings.Solving urban problemsNeo San is a winner of the WEF UpLink Yes/Bengaluru Urban Innovation Challenge, which brought together the GBA and a coalition of private sector partners to…
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