The people who recover our waste, finally on the record.
Waste pickers keep cities circular — often with no recognition and no safety net. Social Lab formalises them: ID cards, E-Shram, insurance, welfare and recovery income that lifts livelihoods for good.
Four things every integration must deliver
Recognition without income is hollow; income without security is fragile. We do all four together.
Identification, verification and ID cards that make invisible workers a formal part of the city’s waste system.
E-Shram enrolment and life insurance — bringing waste pickers under India’s social-security net.
Plastic purchase centres and recovery infrastructure that turn low-value waste into reliable additional income.
Health camps, hygiene sessions and sorting-skill training that protect dignity, safety and earning power.
From informal labour to formal livelihood
Waste pickers are identified and verified, ID cards are issued, and informal tipping fees to municipal staff are discontinued with the council’s support.
Workers are enrolled for E-Shram and issued cards, and brought under life-insurance cover — formal recognition with real protection.
A plastic purchase centre for low-value flexible plastic ensures recovery and additional income from material that was being lost.
The municipality builds infrastructure for waste pickers to sort, store and sell — so the gains hold after the project ends.
What formal recognition changed
Plus 585 MT of high-value dry waste sold to local bhangarwalas — recovery income on top of formal recognition.
What integration delivers to each worker
- ✓ID cards & formal recognition
- ✓E-Shram registration
- ✓₹2,00,000 life insurance per enrolled worker
- ✓Medical health camp
- ✓Intimate-hygiene session & sanitary-pad distribution
- ✓Low-value plastic sorting training
Livelihoods formalised, incomes raised
Municipalities & organisations we've delivered with
Recognition is the engine of better recovery
Formalised workers segregate better, recover more and make the rest of the circular system work.
Ready to formalise and protect your waste pickers?
We’ll bring your informal workforce onto the record — with recognition, security and recovery income.
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