environmental activist and has received training at the National Incubation Center in Peshawar to create this mobile app.Fawad Pirazada, a young man from Peshawar, told Independent Urdu that he is an
He said, “When we were children, people would come to the streets and take from us whatever recyclable items were in the houses, such as bottles, trash, newspapers, or old copies, and in return they would give us money.”
Fawad said that by naming his app ‘Kabadi’, he wants to make this work a ‘white-collar’, i.e., a reputable profession.
“People here see this profession as very small. So we named the app in a way that people can see.”
“The term ‘environmental activist’ may have just come up, but I think these junkies have been environmental activists for centuries and work for the environment,” said 34-year-old Fawad Pirzada.
According to Fawad Pirazada: “We often have recyclable items lying around in our homes, and women in the houses get fed up with it and throw them out. So we are telling them that through this you can also earn money and the environment will also remain clean.”
Explaining the purpose of creating the app, he said, “As the population is growing rapidly and societies are being formed these days and junkyards are not allowed in large buildings,