I Got Garbage
Project carriers
It was developed by the Indian Multinational Company Mindtree in Bangalore in 2014. Today, It has more than 16th partners and most of them are non-profit companies. Also, waste-pickers integrate this project improving their lives and gaining integrity in society.
Beneficiaries
The main beneficiaries are rag pickers, scrap dealers, animals, or pets that live in the streets and the community. This initiative encourages neighbors to follow a new process of recycling waste, helping waste pickers reform their lives.
Users
Householders, waste-pickers, and neighbors from the community.
Need
Offer waste-pickers a better life and effective waste management.
Principle
Provide better conditions of life to waste-pickers avoiding the huge risk that they take every day, and involve the citizens in solving the problem of managing waste.
Main technologies involved
App IGG, Website platform.
Sources
https://www.mindtree.com/about/investors/annual-reports/annual-report-2017-2018/tree-always-gives-back/i-got-garbage
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/impact-journalism-day-2018/i-got-garbage-the-app-making-cities-cleaner-and-rag-pickers-better-off-1.7131941
https://www.igotgarbage.com/our-partners/