‘Hasiru Dala’ means ‘the green force’ in Kannada, the official language of the state of Karnataka in Southern India. This was also the name chosen by a community of informal waste sector workers – the same community that Hasiru Dala Innovations, the social justice enterprise, works to support.
Based in Bangalore, the company is working to foster entrepreneurship and create better livelihoods for informal waste sector workers, while providing clean, responsibly sourced waste for the growing circular economy.