968679
Households Covered Daily
3668
Waster-Pickers Integrated
79697
Tonnes of Recycled Waste Annually
100
Crore Saved To PMC
SWaCH Waste Management
Covers Over 70% of Pune
SWaCH is India’s first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste collectors and other urban poor. It is an autonomous enterprise that provides front-end waste management services to the citizens of Pune.
V-Collect
SWaCH collects and recycles your old electronic items, furniture, bicycles, kitchen utensils, etc.
Recycling Trail
SWaCH conducts field visits to learn how the city handles its garbage on a day-to-day basis.
Red Dot Awareness
SWaCH’s Red Dot awareness program targets the safe disposal of sanitary pads and diapers.
Composting Services
SWaCH provides expertise and materials needed to install composting infrastructure in both residential and commercial spaces.
Waste Collection At Events
SWaCH teams manage waste at events including marathons, conferences and melas.
E-Collect
SWaCH enables organisations to meet regulatory requirements for the safe disposal of e-waste.
MLP Collection
SWaCH is partnering with ITC & Pune Municipal Corporation to collect and recycle MLP waste.
Nirmalya Collection
Swach’s ‘Nirmalaya’ Project enables devotees to recycle their votive offerings.
What Punekars Say About SWaCH
About SWaCH
In 1993, waste pickers and itinerant waste buyers in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad came together to form Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), a membership-based trade union. The union aimed to establish and assert waste pickers’ contribution to the environment, their status as workers and their crucial role in the Solid Waste Management (SWM) of the city.
Meet Sugandhabai
Meet Sughandhabai, a waste picker, and a SWaCH member. We’d like to introduce you to our friends and to the work that we all do. Actually, you’ve probably seen me dozens of times in your neighbourhood – but we never had time to talk, did we? So let’s talk now!
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Calendar Press Coverage Source: Loksatta Source: Prabhat Source: Pudhari Source: Sakal
SWaCH21st October 2021
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SWaCH24th May 2021
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