Design
Designed India's first home composter.
Designed 3 Different Composter Ranges.
Designed 20 Accessories.
Designed Communication and Training Material.
Our Design intention was to make it easy, aspirational and fun for citizens to engage with the idea of waste! Daily Dump uses Design to enable informed action and participation around resources and waste by creating new products, services, and experiences and communication. We seek to create mindset and behavioural change that is holistic and enduring.
Our product service system is affordable, effective, simple to use and directly reduces the waste at source & reduces waste ending up in landfills. Our customers collectively keep tonnes of waste - both organic and other waste out of landfills. Our communication, products and workshops are all designed to get a simple daily act drive more recycling, help the informal sector, and pollute less - with no cost to the government.
We design to create a large impact through a large number of people doing small individual actions.
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Designing India’s first home composter 2006
The Khamba is India’s much loved composter made by potter communities. We launched it with a
campaign of “Composting makes you a better person”. This product went on to create the awareness
and market for home composting in our country.
Prototyping to reach the market
We began with experiments of different kinds. Here is one where we used some plastic crates in stacks and learnt that leechate is something that needs managing. Many rounds of composting led us to fall in love with composting!
Different versions of the khamba
Forms evolved over 2 years and with testing at customers’ homes. Ease of manufacture and shipping were also kept in mind during development.
Designed India’s formal leaf composter 2007
We developed the idea of a leaf safe street and decentralised leaf composting and created the most replicable type of leaf composter for the market.
Designing for large volumes of organic waste
We designed and built a first of its kind community composter in roto moulded plastic for the Indian market in 2014 and a smaller one in 2019
Designed for spread
Designed and published a series of Children’s Books that helps kids see materials and flows in fresh ways. Each title has sold over 2000 copies since publication.
Designed in India for the world
We were featured in 2019 Victoria and Albert Museum’s Exhibition Food: Bigger than the Plate! The Khamba was a major exhibit in this show and was showcased as an icon for sustainable practices.
Designed in India for the world
We have been showcased in different Design exhibitions in different parts of the world. Here you see the Khamba in the Danish Museum of Design, in the Indian Industrial Design Exhibition and in the public space in Copenhagen
Design Recognition
The product was also featured in the exhibition Broken Nature in Milan. Daily Dump has been recognised by different forums and associations.
Designing to meet new needs
We continually design to expand our home composter range to suit changing needs of urban customers.
