Asia

COP21: Paris – Through the Eyes of Mansoor, Our Friendly Neighbourhood Scrap Entrepreneur

Meghana Joshi | Region Asia | Dec 28, 2015

Bonjour! is probably something you’d hear Mansoor, our friendly and free spirited dry waste collection entrepreneur, say the next time you meet him. Mansoor, who heads one of the...

Climate Change Events

Of cess and cesspools: How to use the funds collected in the name of Swachh Bharat

Bharati Chaturvedi | Region Asia | Nov 24, 2015

We’re now paying a Swachh Bharat Cess, as a result of which the service tax rates have gone up from 14% to 14.5%. The question everyone is asking is: How should these funds be sp...

Demands Inclusive models

Rechristening Dharavi from Slum to Industrial Zone

Pinky Chandran | Region Asia | Nov 17, 2015

“Mumbai is a crowd. Dharavi, with people oozing out of every crack and countless quarters of artisans and small industries, is often referred to as the throbbing heart of the cit...

Inclusive models Organizing

Reading Through the History of Waste Management and Inclusion of Wastepickers in Bengaluru

Pinky Chandran, Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Nov 09, 2015

Anselm Rosario is a known name. Story of waste management, wastepickers’ welfare is incomplete without him. His biographical sketch is an important chapter in the history of info...

Child labor and education Organizing Social security

Encouraging Mushroom Cultivation to Counter Nutrition Insecurity

Sowbhagya & Chethan C.N. (originally written in Kannada) | Region Asia | Nov 05, 2015

Rising prices of pulses and meat have impacted the poor significantly. Waste-pickers with little income are left to fend themselves against the high costs of food. Even within wast...

Organizing Trainings

Journey from Waste-picker to Urban Farmer- Small Steps towards Circular Economy

Pallavi Chethan and Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Nov 04, 2015

Lakshmi was just like any other waste-picker. She looked for items of value in the trash. Hailing for Tamil Nadu, she landed in Bengaluru. She became a waste-picker to take care o...

Organizing Trainings

For an Inclusive Start up Policy

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Oct 15, 2015

‘Start up’ is a buzzword of the day. On Independence Day, from Red Fort, Prime Minister Modi gave a call for ‘Stand up India, Start up India’. He reiterated it in detail ...

Laws and Legislation

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

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia | Oct 14, 2015

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a network uniting Indian youth and youth oriented organisations who are concerned about climate change & environment issues. IYCN wor...

Climate Change

Story of Nayandahalli is the Story of Urban Nomads

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Oct 06, 2015

Notes from Nayandahalli Historians have always been interested in cities and their resource inflows. They rarely ventured out from their comfort zones and talked about outflows. Ro...

Inclusive models

In the Fringes of Urban Economy

Pinky Chandran | Region Asia | Oct 05, 2015

“Nayandahalli, 25 years back was jungle. There was no electricity, water, or roads. On a vacant plot, the landlord gave us permission, and we put up a hut, as my husband found ...

Inclusive models

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

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 19, 2015

Guntur known for its chillies is set to become an important city. Residual state of Andhra Pradesh, after creation of Telangana, has chosen its capital to be in the area between Gu...

Incineration

Energy Derived from Muncipal and Solid Waste is Not Renewable

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 15, 2015

Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 introduced in the Parliament, last year, leaves more questions than answers. The bill was listed for discussion in Monsoon session. The logjam in...

Incineration

Nelamangala Municipal Council Unanimously Passes Resolution for Inclusion of Wastepickers

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 15, 2015

Last week, Nelamangala Town Municipal Council general body unanimously passed a resolution for inclusion of wastepickers in waste management. Nelamangala is a small town, located i...

Inclusive models Social security

Recycling Should be a Part of Solid Waste Management NAMA

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 11, 2015

The government of India is determined to deal with issues of waste mismanagement through development of a NAMA in solid waste management. However, proposals on the table focus on h...

Climate Change Incineration Laws and Legislation

Thoughts on the Process of Waste Work: Value and Precarity in Nayandahalli’s Recycling Economy

Shreyas Sreenath | Region Asia | Aug 26, 2015

Notes from Nayandahalli Shreyas Sreenath* “Often, in the red light of a street-lamp Of which the wind whips the flame and worries the glass, In the heart of some old suburb, mudd...

Inclusive models

Exploring Nayandahalli as an Ecosystem Where Waste is Transformed in Resource

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Aug 26, 2015

Notes from Nayandahalli ‘Cities are engines of growth’ is an old cliché statement. For economic growth and well being of mankind they consume the resources sourced from farawa...

Solidarity

SWaCH & Pune Municipal Corporation Set a New Precedent for Wastepickers’ Integration

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia | Aug 26, 2015

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SWaCH, a waste pickers’ cooperative for door to door collection in Maharashtra (India) has been renewed by General Body of Pune Mun...

Inclusive models Social security

Swach Bharat Abhiyaan & Smart Cities Mission Consider ‘Waste to Energy’ Smart Solution

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Aug 05, 2015

Urban growth in India is going haywire. Infrastructure is crumbling; cities are choked with pollution and garbage. Majority of the urban populace has very little access to basic en...

Incineration Laws and Legislation

Pagination