The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.

Hasirudala

Karnataka, Bangalore, India

Website: hasirudala.in/

Primary information

Year formed: 2011
Language: English
Number of members: 6,000
Type of members: Members are waste pickers
Occupation of members: Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Association
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Street
Membership: Yes
Objectives: Recognition of waste pickers, social protection, improve waste picker living conditions
Partnering organizations: Grace, Radio Active, Waste Wise Trust, Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT), Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), WIEGO, Global Communities
Women composition

Social networking sites

Benefits

Member benefits: Child assistance programmes, Health care & insurance, Id cards, Social & pension benefits, Training & advocacy

Services

What kind of relationship exists with the municipality?: Integrated into formal systems of source segregation
How is the relationship with the municipality?: Excellent and/or friendly

Complementary Information

Information source: WORD 20/08/2013, Lucia Fernandez 12/11/2014

Comments / Narrative

Contact information

Available information upon request.

Last updates from Hasirudala

At GlobalRec.org

Post- COVID 19 lockdown forecast for the informal recycling sector and suggestive interventions to help in the long term Dry Waste Collection Centres in Bengaluru are a Good Start, Design Changes Need to Be Made to Make Them Function Better Hasiru Dala completa 3 anos!¡Hasiru Dala cumple 3 años!Hasiru Dala turns 3!Karnataka : les récupérateurs adressent leurs revendications au ministre de la Santé et du Bien-être de la famille Demandas de recicladores dirigidas al Ministro de Salud y Bienestar Familiar, Karnataka Demands of waste pickers addressed to Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka An update from the waste pickers of Hasirudala Ambika, a proud waste manager