Adapted from Indonesia
Community deposit model adapted to an Indian ward
The adaptation
The Indonesian model assumes the household is the collector. In most Indian wards a waste picker already performs that function and depends on the income. Any adaptation has to start from that difference or it will simply transfer someone livelihood to someone else.
- Origin
- Indonesia
- Source case study
- Bank Sampah: community waste banks in Indonesia
- Location
- To be selected, 2028
- Status
- proposed
What will be measured
Agreed and published before anything starts. That sequence is the whole point: once results exist it is far too easy to decide, after the fact, which of them counted.
- 01Material recovered per participating household per month, weighed.
- 02Change in income for collectors already operating in the ward.
- 03Operating cost per tonne recovered, including volunteer time valued at local wage.
- 04Participation rate at month 1, 6, 12 and 24.
- 05Whether the scheme is still running without external funding at month 24.
Results
No results
This pilot has not started. When it does, results appear here whatever they show, including if the answer is that the model did not transfer.
Want to host this?
A pilot needs a municipality, a cooperative or a community organization that actually wants it. A pilot imposed on a ward that did not ask for it tells you nothing useful about whether the model works.
Get in touch if this is something your organization would consider from 2028.