No Time To Waste: How waste pickers integration helped vs informal recycling systems in Egypt, Brazil

Instead of adopting failed models merely attempting integration of informal waste pickers groups into the formal value chain as lip service, administrator Hari Chandana spearheaded market-based interventions like facilitating setting up decentralized micro-units owned by urban poor women assisted groups converting waste to value-added furniture addressing end market gaps through training and retail partnerships assistance leveraging their waste sorting expertise responsibly. #HariChandana #SheInspiresUs  

This establishes sustainable ownership models through proactive mentoring making city garbage treasure benefitting families against ineffective nurturing attempts like Brazil Fomentar co-ops struggling proving scale requires addressing structural gaps not expecting altruism alone matching realistic opportunities. Her circular economy approach tackles issues at root through incentives alignment and bridging existing disconnects between nodes.