<p>As part of the #InvaluableRecyclers campaign launched in the city on Thursday, an art installation in the form of a landfill was set up at Bagmane Tech Park.</p>.<p>The landfill installation was meticulously crafted over six days by five informal waste pickers, who sourced 30 kilograms of waste from dry waste collection centres.</p>.<p>The campaign aims to shed light on the remarkable efforts of over 22,500 informal waste pickers in managing the city's daily production of 5,757 metric tonnes of solid waste.</p>.<p>Informal waste pickers stop a whopping 38,32,50,000 kilograms of waste from reaching landfills by making it available for recycling. The landfill installation will serve to remind residents of the city its Happy Number – 38,32,50,000 – and the contribution of #InvaluableRecyclers in reducing it. The experience was augmented with an Instagram AR filter.</p>.<p>The art installation embarks on a journey across five business parks in Bengaluru, along with a resident welfare association, a mall, and a college.</p>.<p>Indira, an informal waste picker who helped in creating the installation, told <em>DH,</em> "I am happy to see this installation because, through this, thousands of people will get to know about our work and what we do for Bengaluru and its environment."</p>
<p>As part of the #InvaluableRecyclers campaign launched in the city on Thursday, an art installation in the form of a landfill was set up at Bagmane Tech Park.</p>.<p>The landfill installation was meticulously crafted over six days by five informal waste pickers, who sourced 30 kilograms of waste from dry waste collection centres.</p>.<p>The campaign aims to shed light on the remarkable efforts of over 22,500 informal waste pickers in managing the city's daily production of 5,757 metric tonnes of solid waste.</p>.<p>Informal waste pickers stop a whopping 38,32,50,000 kilograms of waste from reaching landfills by making it available for recycling. The landfill installation will serve to remind residents of the city its Happy Number – 38,32,50,000 – and the contribution of #InvaluableRecyclers in reducing it. The experience was augmented with an Instagram AR filter.</p>.<p>The art installation embarks on a journey across five business parks in Bengaluru, along with a resident welfare association, a mall, and a college.</p>.<p>Indira, an informal waste picker who helped in creating the installation, told <em>DH,</em> "I am happy to see this installation because, through this, thousands of people will get to know about our work and what we do for Bengaluru and its environment."</p>