
Posts by Alliance of Indian Wastepickers

Joint delegation of Indian Youth Climate Network & Alliance of Indian Waste pickers for COP21, Paris

Story of Nayandahalli is the Story of Urban Nomads

In the Fringes of Urban Economy

Incineration of Waste will Throw Marginalized Communities like Yanadis out of Business

Energy Derived from Muncipal and Solid Waste is Not Renewable

Nelamangala Municipal Council Unanimously Passes Resolution for Inclusion of Wastepickers
Recycling Should be a Part of Solid Waste Management NAMA

Thoughts on the Process of Waste Work: Value and Precarity in Nayandahalli’s Recycling Economy
Exploring Nayandahalli as an Ecosystem Where Waste is Transformed in Resource
SWaCH & Pune Municipal Corporation Set a New Precedent for Wastepickers’ Integration
Swach Bharat Abhiyaan & Smart Cities Mission Consider ‘Waste to Energy’ Smart Solution

Clean stations, green stations: Chintan and Safai Sena celebrate Earth Day
Chintan in partnership with the Indian Railways is celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd, 2014 at the New Delhi Railway Station.

SWaCH Cooperative featured on a national TV show in India
SWaCH Cooperative in Pune, India, appeared on a national television show Satyamev Jayate in March. In the episode “Invisible Environmentalists”, the show’s host Aamir Khan interviews Laxmi Narayan, co-founder of SWaCH and SWaCH waste picker Saru Bai, who now runs a compost plant with her husband.

SWaCH: Five Years and Counting
Through this latest 12-page issue of the newsletter, SWaCH shares the journey it has been on since it was founded five years ago – the excitement, the anxieties, successes and new ideas that have emerged for making Pune a better city for all in the years to come.

Real Women, Incredible Lives: From ragpicker to entrepreneur
NDTV 24X7, a national news channel, made a short documentary titled ‘’Real women, incredible lives: From ragpicker to entrepreneur” and Rekha, a waste picker associated with Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group and Safai Sena, was a part of it.

Waste pickers to stop subsidising the Pune Municipal Corporation!
In 2007 waste pickers in Pune stepped out of garbage containers to establish SWaCH, a workers cooperative to provide front end waste management services to their city. SWaCH enabled their transition from waste pickers to service providers.

The struggle for waste pickers’ rights in Pune continues
Pressure against the private contractors has been mounting since the Pimpri Chinchwad municipal government (PCMC) withheld payment from the company for violating labor laws. The new contracts proposed by the city government are supposed to ensure that workers will be paid minimum wages.

KKPKP trade union continues to promote a scholarship program and the right to education
KKPKP has advocated for the unclean occupations scholarship program at the state government level. Stree Mukti Sangatana, a women’s liberation organization that works with waste pickers, has also been involved in this process. KKPKP has also been working at the city and state levels around the Right to Education program for underprivileged children.

An update from waste pickers in Bangalore
An update from Hasiru Dala, a member-based organisation of waste pickers seeking to improve our conditions of work and ensuring continued access to recyclables in the city of Bangalore. Hasiru Dala works towards accessing the benefits of various government programs to which waste pickers are entitled, enhancing educational opportunities for their children and advancing the quality of their lives.