On June 5th, World Environment Day, 6 Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC) Operators, supported by Anjali Saini from Whitefield Rising, held a press meeting to discuss BBMP payments which have been pending for up to two years across 46 wards. Operators Indumathi, Mansoor Goos, Paramesh, Nadia, Geetha, and Indira are members of Thyajya Shramika Sangha … Continue reading Reclaiming Our Lost Wages
On May 20th, Kumudha’s Dry Waste Collection Centre in Ward 177, JP Nagar Bengaluru went up in flames. Nothing inside survived the fire. The fire burned for over six hours until much after midnight Kumudha’s centre is a place of business, a learning centre that hosted hundreds of students, academics and zero waste practitioners a … Continue reading Rebuilding Kumudha’s Centre
Between May 29th and June 2nd, Indumathi with a delegation of waste pickers from across the world spoke at the International Negotiating Committee’s second meeting on a Global Plastic Treaty at Paris. The International Alliance of Waste Pickers presented their demands to the member states to make Just Transition a core obligation of the Global … Continue reading A Victory for Waste Pickers at INC-2, Paris
by Nalini Shekar and Ina Bahuguna 26 January, 2023 Introduction: Just Transition Sustainable living has taken a huge centre stage in global discourse, especially in the context of climate change. While reducing individual consumption is the key, the focus is more on systemic change to achieve a faster result. Tony Mazzocchi, a labour and environmental … Continue reading Giving to Ourselves a Just Transition for Waste Pickers
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