Sanshodhan :An E-Waste Exchange

Electronic products like mobile/laptop contain >70 type of materials (many are toxicants & carcinogenic) including rare earth metals, those are lost due to inefficient recycling practices (being followed by informal players i.e. >93% in India and same in African & SE Asian countries), as their recycling efficiency remain less than >28%.

Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange proposes the development of IoT Platform to trace the e-product throughout lifecycles and ensure safe disposal and resource recovery for re-circulation in the economy.

Electronic products like mobile/laptop contain >70 type of materials (many are toxicants & carcinogenic) including rare earth metals, those are lost due to inefficient recycling practices (being followed by informal players i.e. >93% in India and similar in African & SE Asian countries), as their recycling efficiency remain less than >28%.

Regarding safe disposal of e-waste: Due to lack of convenient infrastructure for safe disposal of e-waste, general public remain in dilemma. E-Waste Exchange provide digital tech platform, i.f. tech infrastructure for citizens and businesses for safe disposal of e-waste.  

E-Waste Exchange serve 3 segments :

1. Citizens

2. Businesses

3. State Governments

1. CITIZENS: E-Waste Exchange provide digital infrastructure for citizens to channelize their e-waste for safe recycling and resource recovery for reuse.

2. BUSINESSES: Develop circular economy tech platform for environment friendly businesses / corporates.

3. STATE GOVERNMENTS: Help develop digital e-waste inventories and for implementation of e-waste management regulations.

E-Waste Exchange is a digital tech platform for direct channelisation of e-waste for safe recycling, resource recovery and enable flow of resource back into the economy. It prevent e-waste leakage. It helps prevent health impacts, child labour and stare & air pollution (that otherwise happen due to open burning of e-waste/ lechates/ chemicals)

On tech platform i.e. IoT Platform is developed as web app. Any user can submit the details of e-waste those need to be disposed and recycled. The platform will channelize the waste for safe recycling and resource recovery. Currently, services are available in Hyderabad, India. Since June 2019, operations in 2 more cities are started.

Sanshodhan's IoT Platform can change life of million of urban citizens by providing convenience of e-waste disposal, right from the convenience of their homes; it will change the life of informal e-waste aggregators & recyclers by preventing health impacts that happens die to unsafe practices used for leaching out precious metals & still safeguarding their livelihoods and it will change life of policy makers & implementers (Governments) striving for implementation of E-Waste management regulation in State/ Country. 

Solution is upsclable and useful for citizens, Governments and businesses.

IoT based platform will transform the 'e-waste management segment', worldwide.

Today electronic products are used by each and everyone. Not only production has increased many folds (that need natural resources) but e-waste is increasing @20-30% per annum, in every country. 

IoT based platform of E-Waste Exchange can serve individuals as well as businesses for not only safe disposal of e-waste but to assure the safe recycling, resource recovery and its re-utilization.

Thus E-Waste Exchange platform have huge role and potential to impact the supply chain of natural resource for e-product manufacturing. for eg. Cd is extracted from mines in Africa and such mines lead to irreversible impact on miners and on ecology, whereas E-Waste Exchange can prevent such negative impact.

E-Waste Exchange have selected the solution that involve IoT - with sensors, AI and data analytics.

The technology embedded in web app and its user friendliness help provide end to end solution for e-waste management sector. As there are many metals and natural resources used for production of electronic products, these resources need to flow back for reuse. E-Waste Exchange ensures this circular economy model, to protect the resources and nature for next Gen.

We expect E-Waste Exchange's solutions to address the problem because of following reasons:

1. Its developed as web app for users convenience for safe channelisation of e-waste

This motivates the user to dispose their e-waste safely.

2. IoT tech will ensure recycling, resource recovery and reuse for new production cycle.

3. Survey of 5000 users was conducted and >99% liked the solution.

4. E-Waste Exchange was selected as most useful innovation and has won five national and international awards within one year of its inception.

1. We serve around 300 citizens per city per month

2. E-Waste Exchange has expanded to 2 more cities in June 2019

3. In one year we will expand in 5 more cities and the target is to establish and operate in 20 cities by 2020.

E-Waste Exchange aims to operate in 100 cities in India and abroad, in next 5 years.

Sanshodhan's IoT Platform can change life of million of urban citizens by providing convenience of e-waste disposal, right from the convenience of their homes; it will change the life of informal e-waste aggregators & recyclers by preventing health impacts that happens die to unsafe practices used for leaching out precious metals & still safeguard their livelihood.

E-Waste Exchange can well change the life of policy makers & implementers (Governments), striving for implementation of E-Waste management regulation in State/ Country. 

Solution is upsclable and useful for citizens, Governments and businesses.

Financial barrier exist for E-Waste Exchange. 

As waste management belongs to nobody, funding has been a challenge. 

Support for 'IoT Platform for circular economy in e-waste management sector' will create international impact. Supporting organization will enable the large scale, long term positive impact on supply chain of natural resources. Prevention of carcinogenic chemicals, air & water pollution and health impacts on informal players as well as citizens, will be additional social & environmental benefits. 

We have partnered with State Government of Telangana. State Governments have initiated innovating us to solve e-waste management and related challenges.

We have initiated offering the 'circular economy for e-waste management of business and corporate houses' as a service. 

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Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange is a Stratup registered as private limited company.

Core Team of founders :4

Support Team including IT Team: 4

Presence in 2 more cities: 2 State head and support team of 4

Field Staff: 4

Interns: 2

Recycler partner: 4 (work separately)

Logistic Partners: 2 (work separately)

Worldwide countries are looking to solve E-Waste management and related challenges. 

Award winning solution i.e. IoT based platform is recognised as 'Highly commended The Circulars 2019' by World Economic Forum, i.e. within one year of inception of startup Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange.

It is because the innovation and its  potential to impact large scale population and businesses.

Our team is composed of environmentalist, social development expert, electronic & electrical expert, marketing expert and IT expert. All expertise together makes an impactful solution for least talked about but much needed space i.e. circular economy for e-waste management. 

Yes we worked / working with :

1. Yes Bank

2. British High Commission

3. Elico

4. State Government of Telangana

E-Waste Exchange impacts: 1. CITIZENS: 30 million citizens in 3 cities. Serving 300 citizens per month per city. 

2. Businesses associate with E-Waste Exchange, to ensure safe disposal, ensure end -of-life of e-waste and recycling of e-waste for resource recovery.

Business model includes : i. Transaction charges, 2. Subscription fees, 3. Consultancy charges.

The combination of grant, fund rising and selling out services for 'development of Circular Economy Platform for corporate and MNCs, is being practices.

We understand the value of MIT backed support, guidance and the network that can be created through Solve. 

Solve can not only support us to overcome financial barrier but can help large population / urban citizens, business and Governments, to be aware about the hazardous pollution (e-waste) and cost of no action. Solve can help the society and businesses to leverage on tech to solve such grave challenge ie. e-waste management.

Other concept is 'IoT for Water body safeguard and management'. 

IoT and AI can be used to safeguard water bodies, prevent water pollution and management water bodies.

As many studies suggest, India have only  years left to safeguard its water. Water management is a huge challenge but timely action and proactive use of tech can help to solve this.

We would like to work with Corporate and MNCs; Governments, enthusiastic to implement circular economy solutions in their business operations and for waste management. 

E-Waste Exchange has planned to integrate AI for following reasons:

1. AI can help in data analytics for informed decision making

2. To ingrate automated reporting system -- useful for client organizations

3. Measure> Monitor > Manage > Excel the circle economy models for e-waste management sector. 

E-Waste Exchange will initiate the 'STEM education and capacity building' of school and college students to 'innovate the Circular Economy model' for various sectors and develop circular economy models / technologies for implementation at small scale to create more employment.

Through GM Prize, E-Waste Exchange would be keen to develop "Circular Economy Incubator & Accelerator" to educate and support the next generation to practice 'circular economy'. 

E-Waste Exchange's innovation "IoT for Circular economy for e-waste management' is useful to prevent Environment and health impact on women and children, employed in e-waste management sector.

In India, >68% of child labour works for e-waste dismantling and leaching of precious metals with harmful chemicals. Even cyanide is used for leaching out metals from e-waste. In April 2018, we came across the family of informal e-waste dismantler, where a small kid tasted cyanide  (as it was kept easily accessible to kids) and died on spot. 

E-Waste Exchange would be keen to enhance the awareness and create the tech system, to restrict the informal recycling, still place the system to safeguard the livelihood for informal e-waste aggregator/ dismantlers/ recyclers.

E-Waste Exchange use prize money to develop the 'circular economy market' in USA and would offer the service like " Zero Waste Offices", "Zero Waste Businesses/ manufacturing units", 'Zero emission businesses" and 'Circular businesses", for the benefit fo mankind.