What is the name of your organization?
Bandhu renewable private limited
What is the name of your solution?
Bandhu BioLoop ASRC
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Recycling Water, Reviving Livelihoods, Restoring Nature
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
India
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
1. Wastewater Reclamation:
Kitchen & bathroom water treated via bio ball filtration.
Treated water used in aquaculture ponds and rooftop gardens.
2. Recirculating Aquaculture:
High-density fish farming in small, modular setups.
Organic waste converted to fish feed.
3. Rooftop Gardens with Automated Irrigation:
Solar-powered water pumps connected to reclaimed water tanks.
Nutrient-rich aquaponic water supports fast-growing, organic vegetables.
4. Community Food Distribution Network:
Collection of surplus fish and vegetables.
Distribution through a digital/local network — ensuring access to clean, affordable, and fresh food.
5. Skill Training & Employment Hubs:
Every unit doubles as a training centre for youth, farmers, women entrepreneurs.
This model builds a sustainable, climate-resilient food chain, turning every household and rooftop into a food and water-producing unit. It recycles resources, creates livelihoods, secures nutrition, and reduces waste.
What is your solution?
Village Bio-Cycle Aquatic Food Hub
Solution Details:
Bandhu Renewable Private Limited introduces a decentralized, village-based recirculating aquaculture system and rooftop farming model using bio ball-based water filters. Kitchen and bathroom wastewater is treated and reused for aquaculture ponds and automated rooftop gardens. Nutrient-rich fish water supports vegetable cultivation, creating a closed-loop food chain.
Additionally, the model includes fruit sapling nurseries grown from seeds recovered from food waste, ensuring resource-efficient horticulture. These saplings green community spaces, enhance carbon capture, and strengthen local nutrition security.
A community-managed food and sapling distribution network ensures fair, affordable access to fresh produce and plants. The model minimizes freshwater use, recycles waste, and generates livelihoods via aquaculture, gardening, and nursery management.
It promotes climate-resilient, self-sustained villages, addressing food security, water management, and employment. Scalable and affordable, it aligns with SDGs for clean water, zero hunger, and sustainable cities.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Our solution serves village communities, small farmers, landless laborers, women’s SHGs, and unemployed rural youth, often underserved in water security, nutrition, and livelihood opportunities. They face issues like limited freshwater access, inefficient waste management, and unstable incomes.
Through bio ball-based recirculating aquaculture and rooftop farming, we reclaim household wastewater for fish farming and vegetable gardens. Additionally, fruit sapling nurseries from food waste seeds create green assets and climate resilience.
This integrated model boosts nutrition, water reuse, and green livelihoods, while reducing environmental pollution. It empowers women’s groups and youth collectives to manage aquaculture units, nurseries, and local food distribution networks, creating self-reliant, food-secure villages.
The solution delivers climate-friendly, affordable, decentralized food and income systems for India’s rural communities, promoting sustainability, dignity, and social equity.
