Siddharth Hande is a development specialist and the founder and current CEO of Kabadiwalla Connect, an award-winning social enterprise in the field of waste management. His work focuses on developing scalable and inclusive solutions for the collection, aggregation, and processing of post-consumer waste in cities in the developing world. He aims to articulate a more cost-effective and inclusive approach for cities in the Global South to apply circular economy principles by leveraging the informal waste ecosystem.