Kabadiwalla Connect

12/03/2022

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Kabadiwalla Connect Private Limited, Chennai, Full-time employment, Programming

12/01/2022

With the effects of the pandemic playing out in full force in India, it was a year of growth and reflection for us at Kabadiwalla Connect. However, work must go on and we are excited to share some of our major milestones and features in 2021!

Wishing everyone a safe and exciting year ahead!

As befits a country of 1.4bn people with a fast-growing middle class, India’s plastic waste crisis is of enormous scale. The government’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimates that 3.5m million tonnes of plastic waste is generated each year in the country, a figure that some experts b...

21/12/2021

In a Tamil hybrid web series called Theervai Nokki(The Stars) by Inscribe Entertainments, Ganesh Kumar interviewed on his journey co-founding Kabadiwalla Connect!

Watch the whole episode here:

"The Stars" is an initiative taken to inspire and popularise Careers with Social Vision in a hybrid format. In each episode Real life interviews are blended ...

08/11/2021

Kabadiwalla Connect is excited to announce that it has been awarded a contract by GIZ India to conduct a baseline study on plastic management around the Cooum and Adyar river in Chennai.

This project, which is part of an on-going bilateral cooperation between German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Indian Ministry for Environment (MoEFCC), will ultimately aim to demonstrate technological solutions in riverine and marine ecosystems to close material cycles of marine litter.

03/08/2021

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has just featured our work and inclusion into the Shell GameChanger program! 😃

Founded in 1865 to facilitate international connectivity in communications networks, the ITU allocates global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly interconnect, and strives to improve access to ICTs to underserved communities worldwide.

ITU is a specialised agency of the United Nations and is among one of the oldest international organisations still in operation.

We can't express how excited we are at the feature! Read the whole article here: https://lnkd.in/g4ypjbx

By gathering and selling litter from urban neighbourhoods, waste pickers form a critical part of India’s informal, unstructured waste management supply chain...

02/07/2021

Since its inception in 1996, the Shell GameChanger program has supported over 200 promising ideas helping them become a commercial reality.

Today, we are so excited to announce our company's inclusion into their prestigious program — and we look forward to working closely with the Shell team — so we may significantly improve the quality of life of front-line waste-management workers in the Global South!

Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eSgNdYF

28/05/2021

Thank you for featuring our work AZoCleantech!

The article highlights our work on the use of digital solutions and the informal sector to manage post-consumer waste more effectively in cities in the Global South.

Do take a look!

Kabadiwalla Connect – an Indian technology start-up – is working to transform waste collection and management in cities in the Global South by using the Internet of Things (IoT) and building on the contribution of existing informal networks.

23/03/2021

Please join us in welcoming our first official advisor to the Kabadiwalla Connect leadership team, T**e Falk Sabroe!

With a wealth of experience in driving projects at the convergence of impact, innovation and sustainability, he will support the company's business development and strategy over the coming years, as well support partnership development in Scandinavia and the EU

Read more about T**e here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tokesabroe/

02/03/2021

It's an absolute honour to be mentioned in this year's Circularity Gap report — published by Circle Economy!

Excerpt from the publication about KC's work:
"Technology-based solutions come into play in unifying the informal sector, as seen in the case of Kabadiwalla Connect. The Indian company provides cost-effective and low-carbon solutions for waste collection, segregation and processing through spatial mapping, digitalisation, sourcing and reverse logistics solutions that integrate informal workers into the system."

Explore the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eq5WPB7

12/02/2021

How may we enable material traceability in urban India's informal post-consumer plastics recycling supply-chain?

We are excited to showcase a Point-of-Sale (PoS) device and QR code-based traceability implementation strategy for post-consumer plastics bought and sold in small scrap-shops that operate in local neighbourhoods in urban India.

In Chennai alone, these small scrap shops are responsible for the collection of over 130,000 tons of recyclable material every year.

Let us know what you think!

link: https://lnkd.in/g7_uhiu

Kabadiwalla Connect is excited to showcase a Point-of-Sale (PoS) device and QR code based traceability implementation strategy for post-consumer plastics bou...

23/12/2020

In 2017, Kabadiwalla Connect mapped and surveyed 2500 informal waste sector stakeholders to create a comprehensive dataset on Chennai's informal waste ecosystem.

The resulting report, which can be downloaded from the 's Data Innovation Fund Project website, contains the survey design and deployment methodology; stakeholder demographics; business characteristics; material analysis at super-category (paper, plastic, glass, metal) and subcategory levels; and key insights gained from the research.

Download the full report here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/data/statistical-capacity-building/data-innovation-fund/management-of-post-consumer-recyclable-waste

08/12/2020

It was an absolute honour to host His Excellency, the Ambassador of France in India, Mr. Emmanuel Lenain, along with the Consul General of France in Puducherry and in Chennai, Mrs Lise Talbot-Barré and the Head of Business France India, Mr. Eric Fajole in Chennai today!

We are very excited and happy at the commitment that France is making at the highest level towards supporting circular economy approaches in India and the Global South, and we are proud to have been able to present our approach to effective and inclusive waste management by working holistically with the informal sector.