Tag: Pinky Chandran

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Issue Series #1: Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Empower (ing) informal recycling chain to get Extended Producer Responsibility moving

by Pinky Chandran A waste(rag) picker who picks up garbage early in the gray morning. Muttering darkly to herself/himself.. (s)he spears the remains of speeches and fragments of words with her/his stick, and throws them into her/his cart… (S)He is the morning garbage collector, but this morning is the morning of the day of the … Continue reading Issue Series #1: Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Empower (ing) informal recycling chain to get Extended Producer Responsibility moving

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During the times of COVID 19, our fundamental duties towards sanitation workers and wastepickers

Pinky Chandran Physical distancing, stocking up on sanitizers, soaps for hand-washing, masks and gloves, hoarding supplies, limiting travel, working from home may be the new normal in being and is seen as an act of being responsible citizens. But pause, take a deep breath and ask yourself- what about the sanitation workers, (pourakarmika/ safai karmacharis), … Continue reading During the times of COVID 19, our fundamental duties towards sanitation workers and wastepickers

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Waste Narratives in Bengaluru on 1st, 4th & 5th April, 2016

Hasiru Dala invites you for Waste Narratives being organized at Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Alternative Forum and Azim Premji University (Dates and Timing Mentioned Below). Waste Narratives is an evening comprising of public reading of the novel Bicycle Dreaming with the author Mridula Koshy, Conversations with the recyclers Akmal Pasha, Salma and Siddique, Mallika, … Continue reading Waste Narratives in Bengaluru on 1st, 4th & 5th April, 2016