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For the very first time, sustainable waste management system will be implemented with the help of mobile application namely “ENVLee” (to be developed). Smartphone users will be able to open account on it with their personal details which could be only accessed by the user and app administrator. The app will allow the user to input the number of waste (in case of organic) or kilograms of processed organic waste (fertilizer). Accordingly, they will be rewarded with points/stars. As soon as the points/stars reach sufficient level, the user will be contacted for waste collection. “Project ENVLee” team will collect the waste from the user’s house. The team will take that to recycle companies or fertilizer distributing companies depending on the kind of waste collected. These companies will pay according to the weight. A percentage of the money will be sent to the user through an online or mobile payment system.

Helpusgreen® has pioneered the concept of ‘flowercycling®’, which aims to prevent the Ganges river from becoming a religious sewer by up-cycling the critical temple waste (16% of total river pollution). The floral waste that emerges from temples and mosques in Uttar Pradesh, India, is collected by self-help groups of, predominantly female, manual scavengers who, in turn, hand-craft and produce patented organic fertilisers, natural-incenses and biodegradable packaging materials. Since the Ganges River is considered sacred and holy, its cleaning will not only provide predictable and disease-free livelihoods to manual scavengers, but also a life of dignity, respect and social acceptance. It is worth noting that India’s 1.6 million manual scavengers collect human excreta from dry latrines and sewers on a daily basis (FSG 2016), and carry it away on their heads for disposal at the outskirts.  Helpusgreen® will revolutionize the way India handles the ‘million ton flower waste disposal' and brings hope to revive the lifeline of 420 million people: the Ganges River.

I want to create a collaboration space that connect local artisan, makers, and marginalized communities in rural Indonesia with designers and young professional to create product from waste and build community business. We will optimize furniture industry, fashion industry and agricultural industry waste to develop new product that have high economic value. We will create crafts, fashion products, home decoration, and plastic packaging substitutes. Simultaneously, the space acts as a business accelerator to encourage the local community to build sustainable enterprises with the help of professional mentorship. The makerspace will be built in 4 regions in Indonesia that have different characteristics and cultural backgrounds. We will develop a replicable framework which can to be applied in other regions.

Mangrove E-Patrol links on-line and off-line mangrove conservation through a designed e-map. To protect the mangrove from further destruction and monitor its changes, we have established patrol teams nationwide, recording the ecological information as well as exposing and handling destructive events. Based on this, we are developing an online map that can be linked with WeChat to further encourage public participation in patrol. WeChat has a wide user group in China, so everyone could be a user and a creator of the map. Public users can upload location, photos and descriptions to the map to present the first-hand information related to mangroves in real time.