Laws and Legislation – Global Alliance of Waste Pickers

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Issue Series 1 Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Brazil’s Extended Producer Responsibility and its Interface with Waste Pickers

Sonia Dias | Region Asia | Apr 09, 2021

The recycling industry since its early beginning had always relied on the work carried out by informal recycling workers in Brazil, the “catadores de materiais recicláveis” (p...

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When the Minister read postcards written by waste pickers’ children

Aditya Vyas & Shrenik Mutha | Region Asia | Apr 02, 2021

Waste pickers and other informal sector waste workers make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that others throw away. They contribute to local economies...

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Seven Reasons Why Decentralized Waste Management is Best for Emerging Economies

Andrew Almack | Region Asia | Apr 02, 2021

The global waste crisis is rapidly growing. With waste generation estimated to increase to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, the effectiveness of systems that manage this waste has becom...

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Waste pickers and workers in the informal waste industry: The Pillars of Extended Producers Responsibility

Nalini Shekar and Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Mar 24, 2021

Nalini Shekar and Kabir Arora A decade ago, the term ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ (EPR) was either found in the textbooks of Environment Sciences or in the forgotten ...

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Dry Waste Collection Centres in Bengaluru are a Good Start, Design Changes Need to Be Made to Make Them Function Better

Anjanee Patel, Ambrosie, Jaspreet Singh, Indha Mahoor, Nalini Shekar, Karthik Natarajan, Vishwanath C and Xiao-Dong Liu. | Region Asia | May 20, 2019

Bangalore based waste-pickers organization Hasiru Dala (India), along with researchers from an American university, undertook a research project to identify design flaws in existin...

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Waste Management in the Industrial Township of Bengaluru

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Oct 11, 2018

Every neighbourhood in Bengaluru (India) is trying its best to manage its own waste. They in their own way are setting precedents. Earlier, we read about HSR Layout and the adventu...

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Waste-pickers Demand Inclusion in Karnataka’s Waste Management By-laws

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Aug 31, 2018

The draft by-laws put out by Directorate of Municipal Administration Karnataka has omitted discussion on waste-pickers. “We are the people in the city who have been doing this (w...

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Waste-pickers Demand Inclusion in Social Welfare Measures, Access to Housing and Dignity

Hasiru Dala | Region Asia | Jul 03, 2018

Memorandum submitted to Mr. U.T. Khader, Minister of Urban Development & Housing, Karnataka; Mr. R. Sampath Raj, Mayor of Bengaluru; Ms. Sowmya Reddy, Member of Legislat...

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Swachh Mission: GVMC to Deploy Rag Pickers

Special Correspondent (The Hindu) | Region Asia | Feb 02, 2017

Vishakhapatnam is the second city in Andhra Pradesh to issue occupational identity cards of wastepickers. Issuance of occupational identity cards is a long demand of Alliance of In...

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2016 A Benchmark Year for Wastepickers in India

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Dec 30, 2016

2016 has been quite a remarkable year and will be remembered as a benchmark period in the struggle of wastepickers for recognition. This year for the first time, updated solid and ...

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Vijaywada Municipal Corporation Issues Occupational Identity Cards to Wastepickers

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Dec 27, 2016

Indore, Mysuru, Panvel and Tumakuru are other four cities which have issued ID cards to wastepickers this year. Vijaywada Municipal Corporation issued occupational identity cards (...

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Indore Municipal Corporation Issues Occupational Identity Cards to Wastepickers

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Dec 26, 2016

Indore Municipal Corporation issued occupational identity cards to 25o wastepickers associated with Jan Vikas Society. The cards were distributed by Ms. Malini Gaur, Mayor of Indor...

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Safai Karmachari Corporation Includes Waste Pickers as Target Group

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Nov 30, 2016

National Safai Karmachari Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) has decided to include wastepickers as target group for providing financing and self-development skills. Th...

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Waste pickers in India are recognized in new government rules

SEWA | Region Asia | Sep 01, 2016

There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from roads and dumpsites is a common sight acros...

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A Bangalore waste picker appeals for recognition at the UN

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Aug 11, 2016

Indira, a waste picker from Bangalore, made a passionate plea to world governments for recognizing the contributions of waste pickers during an event organized on the sidelines of ...

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Waste narratives: Demand for recognition, inclusion and protection

Suraksha P | Region Asia | Jun 28, 2016

Waste narratives: Demand for recognition, inclusion and protection (indiatimes.com) by Suraksha P. 06/02/2016 NEW DELHI: Alliance of Indian Wastepickers, a national network of 35 o...

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The Waste Side

Aatika Singh | Region Asia | Jun 27, 2016

Fact and fiction met poignantly at an event organised to discuss the concerns of waste pickers An evening titled ‘Waste Narratives’ was recently held at the India Habitat Centr...

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Hasiru Dala invitation to Hasiru Habba 2016

Hasiru Dala invites you for the Hasiru Habba, 2016

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Jun 16, 2016

Hasiru Dala invites you for the Hasiru Habba, 2016 – an annual gathering of wastepickers and informal waste collectors from all over Bangalore and neighboring cities. More than a...

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