PUNE – Jan. 15, 2012 Keeping garbage close can be useful. A project in Katraj, Pune’s largest ward, shows how; and it will soon apply across the city. In Pune, garbage is b...
The number of ragpickers in Pakistan is on the rise due to growing poverty, hunger and joblessness. Presently more than 35,000 ragpickers, the majority of them children, earn their...
INDIA – Jan. 12, 2012 Keeping in view the Assembly elections in the five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the government is set to extend its olive branch...
Abstract: This study deals with the scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in Southern Lahore. Data was gathered from 325 different scavengers, junkshops and middleme...