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Waste-Picker Integration

Waste-Picker Impact Monitoring

Proving that inclusion actually improved incomes, safety and dignity.

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Dashboards tracking income, safety and inclusion outcomes over time
What it is

Impact monitoring tracks whether integration efforts genuinely changed lives — income, safety, ID/scheme access and dignity — with baseline and endline data that make CSR impact defensible.

Why it matters
  • CSR and funders need verifiable social outcomes
  • It distinguishes real change from activity
  • It guides course-correction of the programme
Prove the change

Show inclusion actually changed lives

Impact monitoring measures income, safety, ID access and dignity against a baseline — separating real, defensible change from activity for CSR teams and funders.

BaselineDefine & measure the startIndicators and starting point
Track over timeIncome, safety and inclusion
EvidenceBaseline-to-endline proofDefensible impact, not activity
How we do it

A clear, practical approach

01Indicators & baseline

Define outcomes and measure the starting point.

02Periodic tracking

Income, safety and inclusion measured over time.

03Impact report

Baseline-to-endline evidence of change.

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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Related services

Waste-Picker Identification & Survey Counting and knowing the informal workers who already recycle the city. Explore → 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 → All of Waste-Picker IntegrationSee the full waste-picker integration service.→
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What is Waste-Picker Impact Monitoring?
Impact monitoring tracks whether integration efforts genuinely changed lives — income, safety, ID/scheme access and dignity — with baseline and endline data that make CSR impact defensible.
Who needs Waste-Picker Impact Monitoring?
It's built for CSR foundations. CSR and funders need verifiable social outcomes It distinguishes real change from activity
How does Social Lab deliver Waste-Picker Impact Monitoring?
Indicators & baseline: Define outcomes and measure the starting point. Periodic tracking: Income, safety and inclusion measured over time. Impact report: Baseline-to-endline evidence of change. You get: An impact indicator framework; Baseline & endline data; A defensible impact report.
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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