Banyan Nation is changing the way India recycles, thinks about plastics, waste management and circular economy by harnessing the power of a largely informal sector last-mile collection and aggregation system to build one of India�s first formal recycling systems for post consumer as well as post industrial plastic waste. The company converts the collected waste into Better Plastic� - near virgin quality recycled granules - that brands can use to make new products and packaging. Banyan is also one of the first companies in the country to use mobile and cloud technology and IoT to integrate over 1500 informal sector last mile collectors into its supply chain and trade materials with them. The platform has now been extended to help cash-strapped municipalities understand waste flows through their cities and use a data-centric approach to make waste management more efficient, effective, and economical.