I am writing about what I practically see happen around my neighbourhood every day. I am writing about what people are telling me & what we as a waste management organisation experience on a daily basis. The deteriorating state of waste management in our country. There are over 30 positive cases of COVID19 in our…

What do you get, when you put a bunch of so called consultants, NGO’s, PRO’s, Brands & government officials on committee to draft EPR rules pertaining to plastic waste in India? A draft that refuses to acknowledge ground realities, is complex, licence driven & vague in nature. The current EPR draft if passed in its…

It’s been a long drawn dream of mine too to create a organisation that is self sufficient in managing the waste it collects, with minimal reliance on on third party vendors specially on the processing side. In the year 2008 we set up a 100 tons a day organic waste to compost facility in Noida, using a…

We are all constantly making decisions every second that we are awake. Some of these decisions come to us as second nature: such as eating, drinking water, saying good morning to your loved ones when you wake up and deciding to wear clothes when you go out! There are multiple factors such as social or…

Last week I wrote an article titled “Economic of Scrap Collection & Aggregation India” which went into detail about the economics of the scrap collection trade. This is the third article in the series & as mentioned in my previous article I will be discussing the costs associated with logestics along with the mathematical calculations that one…

$266 Billion Stimulus Package is big number for a country like India. The question is how will these funds be dispersed? For climate change deniers & governments globally, it should now be evidently clear that the climate change is an act of man. So while India waits for the details on how this money will…

Last week I wrote an article titled “The Business of Cardboard Scrap: India” which went into detail about every aspect from collection to processing of cardboard waste in India. This is a follow up article, in which I shall detail certain economic metrics that are critical for your scrap collection, segregation & aggregation operations to be financially…

Without bureaucratic & political reform it is next to impossible for a country like India to claim its rightful place on the global stage. Government Corruption has always been a part of running a business in India. Out of the 539 winners in Lok Sabha 2019, 233 have declared criminal cases against them an increase of…

Last week I wrote an article titled “Calculating Cost of Logistics: Scrap Collection & Aggregation India” as part of this four-part article series. This is the fourth & final article in which I will discuss about four critical cost heads and how selecting & managing them efficiently can translate not only into higher productivity but also profitability.…

The Cardboard Collection & Trading Business India The corrugated paper sector in India constitutes players that function in the unorganised, semi-organised & organised spheres, from collection, aggregation, trading too processing. The sector employees lacks of individuals across the length and breadth of the country.  My intent of writing this article is to explain how the…