The MRF is run by Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group which pioneered the Safai Sena (organised army of waste pickers) concept in the national capital and the 360-degree model for waste management. The MRF has been made possible by the Anandana Coca-Cola India Foundation, which is seeing this as its first pilot project for bringing informal workers into the formal workforce. The land for the project has been given by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation.