The deliberate and planned inclusion of waste pickers and informal waste workers as an integral part of the evolving circular economy value chain.
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Building Circular Communities a unique model wherein we collect waste from residential and corporate premises through waste picker entrepreneurs, who can make an income from the selling of the waste collected and a retainer which we offer them.
Circular Events – We pioneered the concept of EWM in India as an innovation to unlock a new opportunity for waste pickers. This began sustainable events or circular events where the event host takes the responsibility of ensuring that less waste is generated at an event
Plastics Circularity – We supply fairly traded plastic waste sourced from our Waste Picker Entrepreneurs, the city’s Decentralized Dry Waste Collection centers, and informal micro-waste entrepreneurs to brands and recyclers.
Organic Waste Circularity- By foraying into clean energy, we’ve built capacities to manage organic waste which comprises 60-65% of municipal solid waste. By setting up the plant and now ensuring a consistent supply of organic waste from households across Bangalore. Entered into a key partnership with the UK-based Carbon Masters, who have expertise in processing waste into biogas.
UnWaste – Mobile & Desktop Application- To create a Circular Economy. The Software can provide traceability from the Point of waste collection to the point where the waste is recycled or upcycled. Features are:
- Data collection, Superviser and worker effeciency, traceability
- Future plans
- Impact matrix
- Livehood measurement
- Invoicing
- Documenation of Vehicles, Fanchise and workers
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