Asia-Pacific

“UPA move ahead of elections: Health insurance for ragpickers, drivers” (Deccan Chronicle)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 16, 2012

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...

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Study: Scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in Southwestern Lahore

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 16, 2012

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...

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“Residents fume over trial run of incinerator” (The Hindu)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 09, 2012

Despite sustained public protests and lawsuits against the Timarpur-Okhla waste-to-energy incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar, the beginning of trial runs this January 2 has invited the i...

Incineration Press

“Mayor grapples with trash expenses” (Sun Star)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 09, 2012

BAGUIO City Government officials are now studying the possibility of selling recyclable wastes collected in the barangays. This is to recoup increasing solid waste management and g...

Press Privatization

“Wastepickers suffer as PCMC fails to segregate garbage at source” (Times of India)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 09, 2012

PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has failed to spread awareness and ensure segregation of garbage into wet and dry waste at source. As a result, garbage coll...

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“Waste-pickers face bleak future” (Deccan Herald)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 01, 2012

Members of All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh (AIKSM) said the government is privatising garbage collection, allowing private companies to make profit. “The government’s intent...

Press Privatization

“Rags to World Bank: Gujarat women script new future” (Times of India)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 01, 2012

AHMEDABAD: After rummaging through heaps of garbage in the morning, Kapila Rathod, a 24-year-old waste-picker from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad, does a nine-to-six job for World Bank. If ...

Press Privatization

“Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from waste is unviable, say experts” (Times of India)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Jan 01, 2012

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from garbage has been slammed by environmentalists and waste management experts. In a bid to tackle the growin...

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“Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants” (Down to Earth)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 28, 2011

With the fear of losing their means of living looming over them, waste pickers from across the country have opposed Delhi government’s plan to install three waste to energy plant...

Incineration Press

“Civic body tells SWaCH to stop collecting garbage” (Times of India)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 24, 2011

PUNE: Following the breakdown of the garbage processing plant at the landfill site in Phursungi-Urali, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has instructed SWaCH (Solid Waste Collec...

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Comunicado Urgente: Reciclador deprivado de un dia de trabajo por la Embajada

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 21, 2011

POR FAVOR LEA: Carta del grupo Chintan (traduzido por Google Translate) Queridos amigos y colaboradores de Chintan, Un diplomático de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos Embajada en Nueva...

Press Releases

For immediate release: Waste picker deprived of a day’s work by the Embassy of UAE

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 21, 2011

PLEASE READ: Letter from Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Dear Friends and Supporters of Chintan, A UAE Embassy diplomat in Delhi forcibly impounded the cycle ricksh...

Press Releases

“New waste management plans endanger Indian ragpickers” (DW-World)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 21, 2011

For the last five years, Manubhan, 18, and his brother Pramod, 16, have been up at the crack of dawn heading for houses and restaurants to collect recyclable items. They venture in...

Incineration Press

Video – “While indecision reigned” (Down to Earth)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 12, 2011

Do not support companies that burn waste, said the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers at a protest demonstration during the COP17 at Durban.

Climate Change Press

“Indian recyclers lose jobs to green economy” (Climate Change Media Partnership)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 08, 2011

DURBAN – The big red bindi, the green glass bangles and the colorful sari notwithstanding, Suman More appears frail, tired and a little overwhelmed by all the hustle and bus...

Climate Change Press

Suman More: A Garbage Worker

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 29, 2011

Suman More, a member of SWaCH in Pune, India, was recently featured in the Star Maazha, the Marathi News Channel.

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INDIA – Local waste pickers in UN meet – Sakaal Times

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 25, 2011

November 24, 2011 Making a positive stride to represent their marginalised community at the international level, two waste pickers from Maharashtra – Suman More from Pune a...

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INDIA – The Indian Express: City wastepicker to attend climate change event in South Africa

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 24, 2011

November 22, 2011 Pune wastepicker Suman More will be heading to South Africa this weekend to participate in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an inte...

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New Plastics Law for India

Demetria | Region Asia-Pacific | Feb 28, 2011

India has introduced a new law on plastic waste. The new law incorporates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastics waste management and mentions the inclusion of waste p...

Climate Change

New Plastics Law for India

Demetria | Region Asia-Pacific | Feb 28, 2011

New Plastics Law for India

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