The Programme has been designed to create awareness on critical environmental issues including e-waste and
inspiring students to adopt preventive environmental strategies in their daily lives. The programme is
designed to create an environmental movement in schools with teachers playing a leading role. The
challenge for schools today is to create an education approach that is agile, adaptable and in-tune
with the lives of students outside of the classroom and their future career. Schools need to create
opportunities that allow students to become aware of real-world problems and makes them future ready.
This programme is designed to deploy contemporary pedagogical practices in the classroom to develop the
21st century skills of real-world problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity,
communication and ICT competencies. The curriculum consisting of a toolkit of activities is intended
for class 5 to 10.
Bulk Consumer Programme
Over 75% of e-waste in India comes from public or private organisations which use electronics in large
quantities, hence they have been given specific responsibilities under the -Waste (Management) Rules
2016 to ensure this e-waste does not go into the informal sector or landfills. Our bulk Consumer Programme
is designed to not only make bulk consumers aware of their responsibilities under the E-Waste Rules,
but also to help them establish thought leadership by being a part of a larger movement towards building
a legitimate, responsible and environmentally sound system for e-waste management.
The programme offers:
100% assurance that e-waste will be recycled in an environmentally sound and
socially responsible way
Ease of use
Data management for filing of annual e-waste returns to Pollution Control Board
Employee awareness campaigns
A fair price for the acquisition of e-waste Under the Bulk Consumer Programme
also engages with Colleges and Universities. The awareness campaigns in institutions involve employees
as well as students. Collection drives can be arranged involving students, employees and management.
Waste Picker Programme
Most e-waste in the country is currently collected by waste pickers from individual households and
further sold to waste aggregators who then sell it to informal recyclers.
Waste pickers are a very important link in the chain of e-waste management to enable responsible
recycling. However, they are currently marginalised and do not have a consistent and legal source
of income. This programme is designed to provide waste collectors a sustainable livelihood by
bringing them into the formal sector and giving them a legal identity as a link in the producer
take-back channel.
The programme enables e-waste handlers to grow with pride and is designed to:
Build capacity of waste pickers on e-waste collection
Enable informal waste pickers to become formalised as a part of the take-back
channel
Provide financial incentives to collect e-waste We work with various social
ventures and civil society groups to support waste pickers and create livelihood opportunities. If you
are an aggregator or an NGO working with waste pickers you can join hands with us to provide waste
pickers a sustainable livelihood and grow with pride!
Waste Aggregator Programme
Build capacity of waste aggregators on e-waste collection
Raise awareness on the need of responsible recycling of e-waste and the need to
stop selling collected e-waste to informal recyclers
Enable informal waste aggregators to become formalised as a part of the
take-back channel
Provide an option to sell and collect e-waste
Repair and Retail Shops Programme
Retail shops and last mile repair shops are important links in the e-waste value chain as this is
where most products at the end-of-life land. Our Repair and Retail Shops Programme works with
these shops to help them become a part of authorised producer take-back channelization system and
strengthen the e-waste ecosystem. Our efforts with these shops ensures that no e-waste from here
goes to landfill or informal recycling channels. These shops also serve as an awareness channel
for consumers that come to drop off their electronics for repairs.