ScrapUncle
- Company
- Dignified jobs
- India
- 2026
The Challenge
India’s recycling sector is largely informal, particularly at the household collection level. Much of the country’s growing volume of e-waste and recyclable materials passes through fragmented networks with limited transparency, exposing workers to unsafe conditions, inconsistent income, and social stigma. Many collection workers are young migrants from low-income rural households who lack access to stable, dignified employment.
The Innovation
ScrapUncle is a technology-enabled platform that formalizes scrap collection by connecting households and businesses directly to a structured recycling system. The company offers on-demand pickups with transparent pricing and weight verification, aggregates and segregates materials, and supplies recyclers with traceable, higher-quality inputs. Combining logistics, technology, and customer experience, ScrapUncle brings efficiency and accountability to a historically fragmented value chain while creating better working conditions for its workers.
The Impact
ScrapUncle has served nearly 100,000 households and is building a growing network of collection partners and workers from low-income backgrounds. Through formal employment, the company provides higher and more consistent incomes, safer working environments, and opportunities for skill development. The result is a more traceable, efficient recycling system that also creates meaningful economic opportunity for workers.
