For generations, selling your kabadi (scrap) in Nepal meant waiting for a cart to pass, trusting a hand-held scale you couldn’t read, and haggling over a price you couldn’t verify. EcoKabadi — a product in the Lacspace ecosystem — took that everyday friction and turned it into a few taps on your phone. And Kathmandu answered.
Today EcoKabadi has completed 10,000+ doorstep pickups, serves 1,000+ active members, and is the #1 name that comes up when people in the Valley search for kabadi or scrap. This is the story of how a simple, honest idea — backed by real technology and real marketing — became one of Kathmandu’s most recognisable green services.
The numbers are real — and they’re from the ground
These aren’t projections on a pitch deck. They’re what’s actually happening in homes and offices across the Kathmandu Valley:
- 10,000+ pickups completed at people’s doorsteps.
- 1,000+ active members who keep coming back to sell their recyclables.
- #1 in search for “kabadi” and “scrap” in Kathmandu — the first result people find.
- Free pickups, digital weighing and instant payment — on iOS and Android.
A Lacspace product, built for the real world
EcoKabadi runs on a full stack built by Lacspace — the same connected approach behind the rest of our software, AI and founder ventures. A doorstep-logistics business has a lot of moving parts, and every one of them is a product:
- A customer app to book pickups and track orders and earnings.
- A collector app for routes, digital weighing and instant payouts.
- A backend and APIs handling orders, live pricing and payments — built to scale.
- An operations dashboard for collectors, rates and live operations in one place.
Because the technology was ready, the business could focus on what actually wins a market: trust, service and word of mouth.
How EcoKabadi works
The whole point is that it’s effortless. Three taps from clutter to cash — and a cleaner city:
- Book a pickup. Open the app, choose a time. A free doorstep pickup is scheduled in seconds.
- Weigh at your door. A verified collector arrives and weighs your scrap on a digital scale, at transparent rates you can see.
- Get paid instantly. You’re paid on the spot, the recyclables re-enter the loop, and it’s all tracked in the app.
Meet Dhiraj — the co-founder who took EcoKabadi to market
Great technology gets you a product. Getting a whole city to change a decades-old habit takes something else — and that’s where Dhiraj, EcoKabadi’s co-founder for market and marketing, comes in.
Dhiraj owns the side of the business that doesn’t show up in code. He built the collector network and the on-ground trust that makes a stranger comfortable weighing scrap at your door. He set the fair, transparent pricing that ended the haggling. And he ran the local campaigns and brand-building — the reviews, the presence, the reputation — that made “EcoKabadi” the first name Kathmandu thinks of for kabadi.
That work is exactly why EcoKabadi’s growth compounded: every happy pickup became a recommendation, every recommendation grew the member base, and the member base pulled in more collectors. Technology from Lacspace made it reliable; Dhiraj’s market and marketing made it known.
Why EcoKabadi comes up first
Here’s a test you can run yourself. Search “kabadi Kathmandu”, “scrap pickup near me”, or “kabadi rate today” — and EcoKabadi is the name that comes up first. That top spot isn’t bought; it’s earned, through a real service people trust, real reviews from real members, and consistent local marketing.
For a household with a corner full of newspapers, bottles and old metal, that visibility matters: when you finally decide to clear it out, EcoKabadi is right there, one tap away.
More than a pickup — a cleaner Kathmandu
Every one of those 10,000+ pickups is scrap that got recycled instead of dumped, a household that got paid fairly, and a collector who earned a transparent living. That’s the quiet impact behind the numbers: a modern, honest recycling loop for the Kathmandu Valley — and a template for what a well-built, well-marketed Nepali product can become.
Got a corner of your home to clear out? Book a free pickup, and see why so many households in the Valley already have.
Figures reflect EcoKabadi’s reported operational numbers in the Kathmandu Valley. EcoKabadi is a product in the Lacspace ecosystem; co-founder Dhiraj leads market and marketing.
Frequently asked questions
What is EcoKabadi?
EcoKabadi is a doorstep scrap-collection (kabadi) service for the Kathmandu Valley, and a product in the Lacspace ecosystem. You book a free pickup in the app, a verified collector weighs your recyclables on a digital scale at your door, and you get paid on the spot at fair, transparent rates — no haggling. It brings a modern, trackable experience to a trade that used to run on a passing cart and a tired weighing scale.
How many pickups has EcoKabadi done?
EcoKabadi has completed 10,000+ doorstep pickups across the Kathmandu Valley and has 1,000+ active members using the service — real households and offices selling their scrap the easy way. The numbers keep climbing week on week.
Is EcoKabadi a Lacspace product?
Yes. EcoKabadi is built and run as a Lacspace product — the full stack (customer app, collector app, backend and operations dashboard) is engineered by Lacspace, while co-founder Dhiraj leads the market and marketing side that turned it into a household name in Kathmandu.
Why does EcoKabadi come up first when I search for kabadi or scrap in Kathmandu?
Because it earned it. Try searching “kabadi Kathmandu”, “scrap pickup near me” or “kabadi rate” and EcoKabadi is the name that comes up first — the result of a real brand, real reviews and consistent local presence built by co-founder Dhiraj’s market and marketing work, on top of a product people actually keep using.
How do I sell my scrap with EcoKabadi?
Three taps: open the EcoKabadi app (on iOS and Android), book a free doorstep pickup at a time that suits you, and a verified collector arrives to weigh your recyclables on a digital scale and pay you instantly. Everything — the rate, the weight and the payment — is transparent and tracked in the app.
Who is Dhiraj at EcoKabadi?
Dhiraj is EcoKabadi’s co-founder, leading market and marketing. He built the collector network and on-ground trust, ran the local campaigns, and shaped the brand that made EcoKabadi the first name people think of for kabadi and scrap in Kathmandu — the growth engine alongside Lacspace’s technology.
