An aggregator is a trader who buys recyclable waste in small lots from waste pickers, kabadiwalas and small scrap shops, sorts and bales it, and sells it in bulk to recyclers. Aggregators form the middle layer of India’s largely informal recycling chain.
They provide working capital, storage and transport that individual waste pickers do not have, but long chains of aggregators can also hide where material came from. Recyclers that need traceability for EPR and recycled-content claims therefore work with known aggregators or buy directly through their own collection centres, as Lucro does through its network of 45+ centres.
CII Sustainable Plastic Packaging Awards 2026
Lucro took home the Excellence award for Incorporation of Recycled Content in both rigid and flexible packaging at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Sustainable Plastic Packaging Awards 2026:
Post-consumer plastic, back on the shelf as bottles and pouches. The jury noticed.
