[Reader-list] Changing Lives of Wastepickers Through an Ethical Trade Platform

[Kabir Khan]

*Changing Lives of Wastepickers Through an Ethical Trade Platform*
<http://wastenarratives.com/2016/01/27/changing-lives-of-wastepickers-through-an-ethical-trade-platform/>

Andrew Almack


In the last 11 months the wastepickers in Bangalore have suffered a 60%
drop in the price for the plastic bottles and other products they collect.
The value of recycled plastic has plummeted because of the low prices of
crude makes virgin plastic cheaper for companies to use rather than
recycled. The low price has resulted in less plastic being fed into the
supply chain by the wastepickers, therefore, the godowns and processing
facilities are closing down. Another consequence is that large chunks of
plastics material which was sent for recycling is lying across the city as
waste or adding load to already full and contested dump- yards. A lot of it
can be attributed to crude oil prices and importantly, lack of awareness
about the benefits of using recycled products. Building an ethical supply
chain for plastic waste recycling and ensuring that fluctuations in crude
oil prices don’t impact much on wastepickers and other recyclers, by
creating awareness about the advantages of using recycled plastic in big
known brands is the purpose of existence of ‘Plastic for Change’.

After six consecutive airplane meals I arrived at the Bangalore’s
Kempegowda International Airport. I had big plans for this trip to India.  165
contributors from 26 different countries had backed the Plastics for Change
Indiegogo campaign to help implement an ethical sourcing platform for the
plastics supply chain. It had taken countless hours of research and
development to design the mobile platform and deal process for providing
urban wastepickers with fair prices. Now it was time to put all this hard
work to good use and implement the mobile technology. Continued here...
<http://wastenarratives.com/2016/01/27/changing-lives-of-wastepickers-through-an-ethical-trade-platform/>

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