Outcomes

Waste Ventures will change the paradigm of solid waste management in developing world municipalities towards a commercial market-based paradigm that reduces the social and environmental harm of waste accumulation. In the long term, Waste Ventures will develop global scale through building an adaptable model rather than one organization. In addition, Waste Ventures will enable policy shifts to adapt and spread of the sector.

 

Metric

Outcomes

Caused By

Measured by

Waste Picker Livelihood

Increase livelihood from $1.5 to $4.5 a day

Higher profit margin

Monthly Wage Paid
 

Passbook Savings

Waste Picker Health

Double life expectancy

 

Reduce top three diseases

100% use of protective gear

No. of sick days taken by waste pickers

 

Reported disease incidence

Waste Picker Human Rights

Reduce persecution by authorities by 100%

Formal govt. contract


Use of uniform and ID

Reported persecution incidences

Municipal Sanitation

Reduce waste accumulation by 80%

Compost 50% of waste

 

Recycle 30% of waste

Amount of waste sent to landfill

Greenhouse Gases

Reduce GHGs by 70%

Compost rotting waste

Carbon credits measured and monetized

Sector Shift

Force Waste Ventures blueprint adoption by other players 

Undercut competition with higher profit margin method

No. of city contractors in cities with >1M pp utilizing Waste Ventures blueprint

Investor Return

Move investment in sector from $.5 trillion social investment markets to $50 trillion commercial markets to increase growth of sector

Hone blueprint model and assistance to reach 120% IRR

Dramatic increase of capital flows in sector

Government Assistance

City requirement of waste processing

Waste Ventures municipal assistance in creating contracts

Adoption of processing contract by local government