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Waste circularity for corporate CSR & foundations

Waste circularity for CSR Foundations, designed on the ground.

Fund waste projects that deliver measurable, independently verified social and environmental impact — reportable to the board.

Scope your waste project →See on-ground results
4services in focus
80+cities advised
On-groundadvisory, not remote
End-to-endbaseline → proof
Why it matters for CSR Foundations

The circular system that actually fits corporate CSR & foundations

CSR teams need proof of impact, not just activity — independent baseline-to-endline evaluation is what makes a waste project defensible.

What we driveindependently evaluated impact you can defend to leadership, auditors and stakeholders.

The mistake we see: funding delivery without an independent baseline and endline to prove the change.

How we help

How we handle waste circularity for CSR foundations

01Baseline & assessment

We measure what you generate and how it’s handled today — the ground truth everything builds on.

02Plan & design

We design the segregation, collection and processing system that fits corporate CSR & foundations and the budget.

03Set up & enable

We specify the on-site processing, run the IEC / behaviour-change push and build your team’s capacity to operate it.

04Monitor & prove

We track outcomes with baseline-to-endline data — the proof for boards, auditors and Swachh Survekshan.

Services in depth

Waste management services for CSR foundations

Every service below is a self-contained programme we design and guide on the ground — start with the one that fits where CSR foundations are today.

Monitoring & Evaluation Independent CSR Waste Project Evaluation A credible, third-party verdict on whether a CSR waste project worked. Explore → Waste-Picker Integration Waste-Picker Identification & Survey Counting and knowing the informal workers who already recycle the city. Explore → IEC & Behaviour Change School Waste IEC Programme Using schools to build a segregating generation — and reach households. Explore → Capacity Building SWM Training for Sanitation Staff Equipping frontline safai-karmacharis with skills, safety and dignity. Explore → Monitoring & Evaluation Waste Project Impact Assessment Measuring the environmental and social change a project actually created. Explore → Waste-Picker Integration Waste-Picker Formalisation Bringing informal recyclers into the formal system, with recognition and roles. Explore → IEC & Behaviour Change Community Waste Awareness Programme Ground-level campaigns that move communities from awareness to action. Explore → Capacity Building Capacity Building for Urban Local Bodies Building the institutional muscle a ULB needs to run waste well, for good. Explore → Monitoring & Evaluation Endline & Outcome Evaluation Closing a programme with hard evidence of what the baseline promised. Explore →

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Proof on the ground

Waste circularity work we've delivered

Real projects with named partners and measured outcomes — the kind of on-ground programme design CSR foundations need.

Research

Single-Use Plastics Value-Chain Assessment

2 cities in Maharashtra & 2 cities in Tamil Nadu

4Cities studied (2 Maharashtra + 2 Tamil Nadu)
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Research

Impact Evaluation of a Decentralized Solid Waste Management Project

16 Bulk Waste Generators across Mumbai & Pune

88%Segregation rate achieved at household level
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Net Zero & Rural

Building a Net-Zero, Climate-Resilient Mandede Village

Mandede Village, Taluka Mulashi, Pune district

66.6%Source-segregation level in 3 months (target >90%)
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Free checklist

The CSR Foundations waste circularity checklist

A one-page checklist of exactly what CSR Foundations should tackle first — from segregation to on-site processing. No jargon, no fluff.

  • The SWM obligations that actually apply to you
  • The baseline waste data to gather first
  • A phased plan from segregation to on-site processing

No spam — the checklist, plus the occasional compliance update. Unsubscribe anytime.

Waste circularity FAQ

CSR Foundations — questions we get

Straight answers on obligations, where to start and proving impact.

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Do CSR foundations legally have to process waste on-site?
Under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, bulk waste generators — any premises producing 100+ kg/day, including large societies, campuses, hotels and institutions — must segregate at source and process wet waste on-site (or through an authorised facility). Urban local bodies carry the broader municipal duty. We confirm exactly what applies to you.
Where should CSR foundations start?
With a baseline: what waste you generate, how it’s handled today, and the gaps. Every next step — collection, processing, targets — builds on that. It’s the first thing we do.
Can you prove the impact?
Yes — independent monitoring & evaluation with baseline and endline data is core to how we work, especially for CSR foundations and development partners who need defensible numbers.
Does Social Lab work with CSR foundations?
Yes — monitoring & evaluation, waste-picker integration, IEC & behaviour change and more, advised on-ground across 80+ cities with measured outcomes.
Not a csr foundation?

See waste circularity framed for another kind of client.

Urban Local BodiesMunicipal CorporationsDevelopment OrganisationsEducational Campuses All client types →
Where to next

Two ways forward

Whether you're scoping a waste project for CSR foundations or ready to get moving.

Still scoping

Not sure where your waste project should start?

Start with a baseline — what you generate and where the gaps are — before anything is built.

Scope your waste project →
› How assessment & planning works› All waste circularity services
Ready to move

Hand your waste programme to an on-ground team

Baseline to impact, delivered and measured — collection, processing, IEC and evaluation.

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› Monitoring & Evaluation in detail› See on-ground case studies
Let’s talk

Waste circularity for CSR foundations, done on the ground.

We start with a baseline and run it to measured impact. Book a quick project scoping.

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