Partnerships for financing of a local project
Empower cities to act, raise ambition, and scale implementation
Awareness-raising on a specific topic, method, and/or output
Capacity building in climate science data and analyses
Founder
“Trash to Treasure” aligns with I4C26 themes and the Global Research and Action Agenda by operationalizing circular economy systems that accelerate urban climate mitigation, resilience, and multilevel action. The initiative converts post-consumer and marine plastic into lab-tested, structurally validated community furniture, bricks etc by positioning recycled materials as certified public infrastructure. The model integrates standardized segregation protocols, traceable digital aggregation, documented diversion metrics (4,000+ tons), and lifecycle-informed production, ensuring technical rigor and replicability. It addresses urgent urban challenges—plastic leakage, landfill stress, and informal sector vulnerability—through a scalable framework adaptable to municipal waste systems and aligned with circular procurement and EPR policy pathways. Equity is embedded by formalizing informal waste workers into dignified value chains and reinvesting recovered environmental value into parks and community space demonstrating how smart cities can embed inclusive, climate-positive material transitions into everyday infrastructure.
Chinu Kwatra
