What is the name of your organization?
Plastics For Change
What is the name of your solution?
Plastics For Change
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Developing an ethical sourcing platform for sustainable livelihoods for the urban poor & transitioning the industry towards a circular economy--A mobile platform that helps brands ethically source recycled plastic, ensuring fair wages for urban ..
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Bangalore
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
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What type of organization is your solution team?
For-Profit
Film your elevator pitch.
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What specific problem are you solving?
The supply chains are highly informal leaving waste collectors without fair wages or safe working conditions. At the same time, brands face increasing regulatory and consumer pressure to source recycled plastics ethically but lack access to traceable supply chains .This disconnect perpetuates pollution, exploitation, and inefficiencies across the circular economy.
What is your solution?
Plastics for Change creates ethical, traceable, and inclusive plastic recycling supply chains by formalizing informal waste collection through a technology-enabled marketplace and community-based infrastructure. The solution connects waste collectors and aggregators directly with global brands, ensures fair pricing and fair trade practices, embeds social and environmental safeguards, and enables the recovery of hard-to-recycle plastics. This approach delivers verified impact, supply-chain resilience, and scalable circular solutions that are both socially inclusive and commercially sustainable.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Plastics for Change serves informal waste collectors, waste-collector communities, scrap shop workers, aggregators, and recycling partners, while supporting global brands committed to responsible sourcing and fair trade practices. Beyond improving income stability, dignity of work, and safer working conditions, the solution delivers holistic community impact by expanding access to healthcare, health awareness, including sexual and reproductive health rights, education, early childhood care, academic support centers, sports access for children, and skills development opportunities. Together, these interventions strengthen long-term livelihoods and community resilience while enabling brands to achieve credible circularity, supply-chain resilience, and verified social and environmental impact at scale.
