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Reflections on EPR-based Systems Targeting Multi-Layered Plastics
Lubna Anantakrishnan The impending roll-out of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework seems, at face value, to be a positive step towards tackling the global plastic crisis. However,...
View ArticleSeven Reasons Why Decentralized Waste Management is Best for Emerging Economies
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 become vitally important...
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When the Minister read postcards written by waste pickers’ children
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, public health and...
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Issue Series 1 Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Brazil’s...
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” (pickers of recyclables)....
View ArticleAnnouncement: Request for proposal to set up the National Database of...
Deadline for submission of Request for Proposal extended to 10th November 2021 1. Background The Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers (AIW) is setting up a national database of waste-pickers in India. The...
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Waste picker shelters burned in Bantar Gebang Landfill (Indonesia)
Shelters after the fire. Photo by Joy Andre T. (KOMPAS.com/Dokumentasi Pribadi). Source. On March 15, at 2pm Indonesia time, shelters of members of Ikatan Pemulung Indonesia (Indonesia Waste-pickers...
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We Speak Too webinar, by Sanitation Workers in Mumbai
A multi-city series of curated seminars — ‘We speak too, by Sanitation Workers’, co-organised by Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers, provides a...
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Dry waste centre and the basis of our livelihood have been destroyed
The Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC) in ward 177, JP Nagar, was set on fire on 20th May 2023. The Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC) in ward 177, JP Nagar (India), was set on fire on 20th May 2023....
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Waste Pickers, the Missing Piece in India’s EPR Puzzle
Front page of the the report “Waste Pickers- The Missing Piece in India’s EPR Puzzle” The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has released new research into Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR),...
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Asia Pacific Waste Pickers Organise: Historic Meeting in Kathmandu Addresses...
Group photo of the Asia Pacific region of IAWP. The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is hosting its first-ever coordination meeting with waste picker organizations from across the Asia...
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