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Waste-Picker Integration

Waste-Picker Identification & Survey

Counting and knowing the informal workers who already recycle the city.

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Field team enumerating informal waste-pickers during a baseline survey
What it is

You cannot integrate who you have not counted. A waste-picker survey enumerates and profiles the informal workforce — numbers, work sites, incomes and needs — the essential first step to any inclusion programme.

Why it matters
  • Informal workers already power much of India’s recycling
  • Integration and social security require a verified count
  • It surfaces incomes, risks and needs to design support
Count before you integrate

You can’t include who you haven’t counted

Enumeration and profiling turn an invisible informal workforce into a verified, recognised database — the foundation every inclusion and social-security effort is built on.

InvisibleUncounted workforceInformal, unrecorded, unrecognised
CountedEnumerated & profiledNames, sites, incomes and needs
RecognisedVerified databaseThe basis for ID and inclusion
How we do it

A clear, practical approach

01Enumeration

Locate and register waste-pickers across sites.

02Profiling survey

Demographics, work, income and vulnerabilities.

03Database

A verified database to drive inclusion.

Proof on the ground

Related work we've delivered

Real projects behind our waste-picker integration — named partners, measured outcomes.

Livelihoods

Integrating Waste Pickers at the Baramati MRF

Baramati, Pune district (Population 1,08,152 · ~10 TPD dry waste)

₹8,400 → ₹13,604Waste-picker average monthly income
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Urban SWM

Creating a Garbage-Free Slum in Wadarwadi

Wadarwadi, Shivajinagar ward, Pune

82%Households covered for waste collection (up from ~18%)
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Urban SWM

Evaluation of the Solid Waste Management Project at Dharamshala

Dharamshala (Rakkar), Himachal Pradesh

629th → 86thSwachh Survekshan national rank (2020 → 2022)
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More in Waste-Picker Integration

Related services

Waste-Picker Formalisation Bringing informal recyclers into the formal system, with recognition and roles. Explore → Waste-Picker Identity & Social-Security Support Connecting recyclers to the IDs and schemes they are entitled to. Explore → Waste-Picker Cooperative Development Organising individuals into cooperatives with collective bargaining power. Explore → Waste-Picker Livelihood Assessment Understanding incomes, risks and opportunities to design real support. Explore → Waste-Picker Training & Capacity Building Skills, safety and financial literacy to move up the value chain. Explore → Waste-Picker MRF Integration Placing waste-pickers at the heart of material recovery facilities. Explore → All of Waste-Picker IntegrationSee the full waste-picker integration service.→
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What is Waste-Picker Identification & Survey?
You cannot integrate who you have not counted. A waste-picker survey enumerates and profiles the informal workforce — numbers, work sites, incomes and needs — the essential first step to any inclusion programme.
Who needs Waste-Picker Identification & Survey?
It's built for ULBs & CSR programmes. Informal workers already power much of India’s recycling Integration and social security require a verified count
How does Social Lab deliver Waste-Picker Identification & Survey?
Enumeration: Locate and register waste-pickers across sites. Profiling survey: Demographics, work, income and vulnerabilities. Database: A verified database to drive inclusion. You get: A verified waste-picker census; Socio-economic profiles; An integration-ready database.
Where to next

Explore the rest of our waste-circularity work — by service, by who you are, or by where you operate.

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