Situation:<\/strong>
\nIndia generates $175 million of garbage per day; 95% of it ends up in landfill where \u201crag-pickers\u201d sift through them to extract anything that can be sold or reused.
\nThis system presents at least two obvious problems:
\n1) The rag-pickers make their living in unsanitary conditions, with an average life expectancy of 39 years and with 1 in 3 infant mortality. Income can both insufficient and uncertain.<\/p>\n2) The City authorities do not have the workforce required to address the volume of waste produced or the systems required to sort waste for treatment and disposal.<\/p>\n
Digital Transformation:<\/strong><\/p>\nWith the support of Mindtree (an Indian multinational information technology and outsourcing company), IGG was formed in 2014 as a digital platform creating a two-sided market place connecting easily and at no cost \u201ccustomers\u201d and \u201csuppliers\u201d in the city of Bangalore. Waste producers such as households, apartment blocks and workplaces- can organize waste collection directly through this platform. It becomes a door to door service which allows rag pickers (which are estimated to be 20,000) to be directly connected with the garbage sources.
\nMobility, Cloud and Big Data resources are at play behind the platform to ensure its continuity and expansion:
\nhttp:\/\/www.igotgarbage.com\/
\nHuman Transformation:<\/strong>
\nThe unstructured, unhealthy, and overall inefficient garbage collection in the city becomes organized, providing a healthier environment for its citizen.
\nThe rag pickers have become \u201ccomposting consultants\u201d and can create not only a healthier more predictable lifestyle for themselves and their families but also have acquired respectability and are being valued by society.
\nThe platform developed is also open source so that the system can be adapted to other regions.<\/p>\nRecognition & Achievements:<\/strong>
\nIn December 2016, IGG was featured on the 2016 NT100 list curated by the Social Tech Guide.NT100 is an annual celebration of the 100 most inspiring tech innovations from around the world.
\nAt the occasion of this announcement IGG declared \u201cWe are thrilled for our work and the work of the recycling managers to be recognized as ‘Everyday Tech Heroes’.\u201d<\/p>\nConclusion<\/strong><\/p>\nIGG is a rare case of rapid and successful integration of digital transformation within a social enterprise. Even if Not-for-Profit boards buy into the general concept of the added value of digitalization of their mission, whether for data base purposes, engagement platform construction or social media communication, the digital capability is mostly missing.
\nAs with most digital transformation, one of the key facilitating strategies is to demonstrate the value for money or in this case the money per \u201cbenefit distributed\u201d.
\nIn the case of IGG, that value creation was not only clearly established but also visible in the daily lives of all the stakeholders.<\/p>\n
Resources:<\/strong>
\n1- NPC ; www.thinkNPC.org; Tech for Common Good
\n2- https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Y5DoPfeE50
\n3- http:\/\/www.nominettrust.org.uk\/knowledge-centre\/social-tech-guide
\n4- http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/i-got-garbage-igg—the-technology-platform-for-waste-management-is-now-open-for-bangalore-citizens-263403361.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not for profit organizations, following the same trend as traditional businesses, are increasingly aware of the need to engage with digital technology. A successful case …handling Waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2785,"featured_media":3412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-3411","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/assignment\/digital-winners-losers\/","yoast_head":"\n
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