Speak up before its too late...

During the lockdown, people are using new ways to stay active and follow social distancing.. The essential services are functional in most of the places. Companies like Instacart, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Swiggy, Door dash and others have been succcesful.. the companies were able to address the demand. The delivery agents are doing everything to keep up with the demand. The delivery charges and tips for each delivery is not a huge concern for customers as they are able to sit at home and order their groceries through the portal and apps. Except the charges, the model is working and this would encourage people to use the apps. In developed countries, the one sector thats hasnt be affected much is the waste management.. there maybe technical or logistics issues but the overal sector hasn’t taken a hit.. hopefully this will continue to work as normal.. However it may not be the case in developing countries like India. There is going to be challenges and authorities will find it difficult to manage that..

One thing that I feel would have been a hit during this lockdown is the On demand service for trash/waste management. As part of the project management diploma, I was required to submit project work in the last semester. After going through all the projects, I decided to pick the project that was more relevant and appropriate for the local conditions.. I started collecting data and realized that the on-demand service for trash pickup would be appropriate in many states..

The below was the rough summary for “uTrash- the complete waste management service “

There were several stages for this project and along with my mentor. I was able to come up with a project management perspective and also provide a cost benefit analysis of the existing services. There were also great ideas on how waste can be segregated and how the manure can collected from the compost.. If the idea was picked up or if the service was functional, it would def be beneficial for people living in developing countries.. this was not replacing existing service but it was an additional on-demand Service in collaboration with the local agents.. for example, if anyone wanted to be part of this, they only had to drive the 3-wheeler and deliver the collected manure from the houses.. it would also would have encouraged people to compost more in their own permises and not having to depend on collection workers daily.. if there was trash that needed to taken care, they could have requested for service right away through the app by paying a premium and the agent would be paid for the service. This would have been a public- private partnership and would have been a great service for the people during this lockdown..

The below are few advantages after a comparative study was conducted in 2 states in India. This was only a small set that was used for the SCBA.

The project work(final) was submitted and was also accepted by the University.. It’s been more than 4 years and I felt this could have been the next Uber or Instacart for a different sector.. an idea that only stayed on paper..

Please reachout if you have any questions or you like to see the final project work.