The recovery of post-consumer waste in the developing world is driven by the informal waste ecosystem.
However, municipalities, multi-national brands and waste management companies struggle to work effectively with these stakeholders, and they continue to remain outside the purview of municipal waste-management systems and Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs).
In 2017, Kabadiwalla Connect conducted an extensive survey on Chennai's informal sector. Key findings are discussed here.
Kabadiwalla Connect helps leverage a city’s existing informal waste infrastructure in the collection and processing of post-consumer waste.
Using ICT and IoT based technology, we integrate informal actors into the formal waste management system; to deliver cost-effective and low-carbon waste management solutions that cities in the Global South need to support their growing economies and populations.
B2b Solutions we offer
Mapping
Spatially-enabled, industry compliant data-collection on informal and formal waste infrastructure in cities in the developing world
Digitalisation
KYC and transaction based material tracking and traceability across stakeholders in the formal/informal supply-chain
Sourcing
Secondary raw material guarantees for processors/PROs in cities in the developing world through informal sector procurement
Municipal Collection
Reverse logistics solutions for post-consumer waste collection — powered by local informal scrap-shops and their waste-pickers
What does a Circular economy look like in developing countries?
Understanding informality
a Data-driven perspective on the structure of the informal WASTE supply-chain in Chennai, india
Presenting KC's mapping work at the 2nd G20 Development Working Group in Kumarakom, India
Informal Sector material traceability pilot in Mylapore, Chennai
INFORMAL SECTOR MATERIAL TRACEABILITY PILOT IN Semarang, Indonesia
introducing hyperlokal™
Smart solutions for waste-pickers in India — as featured by the International Telecommunication Union
Commercial assignments
Awards and Recognition
RECENT FEATURES AND MILESTONES
⭐ Featured - Jun 2023
Kabadiwalla Connect: Transforming Waste Management & Beating Plastic Pollution
On World Environment Day, Mongabay-India spoke to Siddharth Hande, to understand how cities can manage the growing plastic waste problem
🚩 Milestone - SEP 2022
KC becomes a member of Prevent Waste Alliance
Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the PREVENT Waste Alliance was launched in May 2019. It serves as a platform for exchange and international cooperation. Organisations from the private sector, academia, civil society and public institutions jointly engage for a circular economy.