Capacity Building is an essential component to enable various stakeholders to research, comprehend, plan and execute a study or project. Plastic being a comparatively newer and lesser explored topic in the development sector demands dire need of handholding at various stages. 

Parisar is involved in direct and indirect capacity building of street vendors in 5 cities of India namely Kolkata, Nagpur, Delhi, Udaipur and Jamshedpur. This mainly includes training workshops, handholding and support in understanding the concept of ‘Single Use Plastic’, its composition, hazardous effect of plastic, especially single use plastic on health and environment. It further empowers the street vendors about information on the single use plastic ban imposed across India since July 1st, 2022.