Mangaluru, June 3, 2026: Sattva Group, in partnership with Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) and rePurpose Global, has marked an important milestone in its Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative through a field visit across Someshwara Beach, Kadeshwalya village, and the Bantwal Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Dakshina Kannada.
Launched on Earth Day 2026, the three-year initiative aims to recover between 3.5 and 4.5 million kilograms of waste, bring 80,000 households into formal waste management systems, reduce plastic leakage across 50 coastal villages, and support 200 waste workers, most of them women.
The visit was led by Shivam Agarwal, Vice President, Strategy, Sattva Group, and Aditya Siroya, Co-Founder and Advisor, rePurpose Global. At Someshwara Beach, they joined nearly 40 community volunteers in a clean-up drive that recovered more than 250 kilograms of waste.
The team later visited Kadeshwalya village to review existing waste collection and segregation practices and assess infrastructure requirements along the Netravathi River, a key point for preventing plastic waste from reaching the sea. The visit concluded at the Bantwal MRF, where they interacted with waste workers involved in waste recovery and processing.
According to project data, the initiative has already recovered over 1.5 lakh kilograms of dry waste and processed more than 50,000 kilograms of low-value plastic. It currently supports 20 waste workers and is actively engaging with over 30 gram panchayats with support from the Dakshina Kannada Zila Panchayat and Mangala Resource Management.
Jiji Thomas, Head of ESG and Sustainability at Knowledge Realty Trust, said the initiative demonstrates how collaborative action can create meaningful environmental and social impact. Aditya Siroya noted that the programme is helping build scalable systems to reduce plastic leakage and strengthen environmental leadership.
By the end of 2026, the initiative aims to recover more than 10 lakh kilograms of dry waste, including 4 lakh kilograms of plastic, improve livelihoods for 60 waste workers, and conduct awareness programmes across at least 15 villages in Dakshina Kannada.
