Customized Energy Solutions (CES) partners with EARTHDAY.ORG and Kabadiwalla Connect to handle battery e-waste
EARTHDAY.ORG and Kabadiwalla Connect launches waste clean-up partnership model with Local Kabadiwalas (waste managers)
According to various market estimates, India generates more than 50,000 tons of lithium-ion battery waste every year. To better handle electronic waste collected in the clean-up drives, especially used batteries, EARTHDAY.ORG and Kabadiwalla Connect have identified one of world’s leading energy advisory companies, Customized Energy Solutions (CES) as a key partner in their clean-up initiative. EARTHDAY.ORG is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, and is working closely with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for the planet. Kabadiwalla Connect is a waste management company that provides decentralised waste collection and processing solutions for cities in the developing world.
This partnership is expected to make a significant contribution to the clean-up initiative and waste management model by identifying used batteries and related e-wastes for effective segregation and recycling.
To commemorate Earth Day 2024, EARTHDAY.ORG and Kabadiwalla Connect (KC) have jointly launched a waste clean-up initiative and partnering model with local ‘Kabadiwallas’ (waste managers). An important aspect of this initiative is to promote proper segregation and repurposing of collected plastic waste by the waste handlers and other partners in the waste management supply chain.
Karuna Singh, EARTHDAY.ORG’s Regional Director of Asia, commented on the initiative, “The global theme for Earth Day 2024 is ‘Planet vs. Plastics’, urges humanity to call for an end to plastics, fostering the development of affordable and readily available biodegradable alternatives. Our partnership with CES, KC and Surf Turf will play a crucial role in achieving these goals.”
Ashok Thakur, Director at Customized Energy Solutions Europe BV, commented, “We at Customized Energy Solutions are committed to promoting clean technologies and be part of the global energy transition. As a responsible corporate working together with industries on enabling sustainable processes and circular economy, we acknowledge the local collection and segregation of battery waste for recycling and reuse of extracted battery materials”.
CES is working with the EARTHDAY.ORG on imparting technical knowhow and training on battery waste segregation and sustainable recycling among waste handlers and other stakeholders in the waste management chain.
CES’s industry arm India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is already engaged in developing a parallel system of disposal and recycling of batteries alongside battery manufacturing initiatives. IESA’s Reuse & Recycling Initiative (IRRI) initiative promotes the best practices of battery recycling and reuse in India, with a special focus on the battery waste collection mechanism and research in battery recycling.
IESA helps local stakeholders adopt proper classification and segregation strategies for batteries at centralized locations, alongside creating a collection network for used batteries in India, and support the concept of ‘urban mining’ by extracting key materials from urban waste.
About Customized Energy Solutions (CES):
Established in 1998, Customized Energy Solutions is an energy advisory, software, and services company that works closely with clients to navigate the wholesale and retail electricity markets across the United States and globally. CES offers software solutions, back-office operational support, and advisory and consulting services focused on asset optimization and energy market participation efficiency. CES is also a third-party asset manager of more than 13,000 MWs of renewable and conventional generation resources across all ISOs in the United States, Ontario, Canada, and Guam. CES empowers clients to achieve their goals by helping them navigate the evolving energy markets, complex market rules, and new energy technologies.
About EARTHDAY.ORG:
EARTHDAY.ORG’s mission is to diversify, educate, and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet.
