BEYOND LANDFILL: WASTE PICKERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL FRONTLINES
Today as environmental degradation and its consequences becomes a more pressing issue for our society as a whole and consciousness as denizens of this planet becomes an imperative; we see a commodification of the environmental movement where – debate has lost its nuance, actions are split into good/bad binaries, and trendy words such as zero […]
A walk through the Landfills of India
Landfills are a common method of solid waste disposal in India, and they are often located near cities and towns. However, due to poor management practices and inadequate infrastructure, many of these landfills pose significant environmental and health risks t5o nearby communities. In today’s blog, we look at some of the landfills in India […]
THE WORLD’S FIRST ETHICALLY TRADED PLASTIC
A first of its kind fair trade plastics recycling initiative by Hasiru Dala Innovations Hasiru Dala Innovations, a Bangalore based waste management startup that works on creating better livelihoods for wastepickers, has launched a unique fair trade plastics recycling initiative in association with The Body Shop, the global personal care brand, and Plastics For Change, India. […]
CONQUERING THE NEXT FRONTIER – A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
“Come full circle” is an often used idiom to denote coming back to where you started from originally. The evolving concept of a Circular Economy is very similar. The advanced developed nations are trying to come back to where they were when they were poorer. The 5Rs – Reduce. Reuse. Refurbish. Repair. Recycle – are […]
Paving the way towards a climate resilient futures – IPCC Synthesis Report
World’s leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have warned that the world is on track to breach the 1.5 degree Celsius global warming limit by the 2030s. Releasing the Climate Change 2023 report on 20th March 2023, the UN-backed body has put forward a synthesis of the climate data that culminates a set of […]
SOLICITING SUPPORT TO ORGANIZE SUMMER CAMP OF CHILDREN OF WASTEPICKERS
Summer camps at Hasiru Dala are different. Yes, it’s a space for hundreds of children to come together to learn new skills and have fun, but at the same time it’s that time of the year when they make a promise. A promise they make to each other that they will stay in IMG_1156school, continue […]
2016 A BENCHMARK YEAR FOR WASTEPICKERS
2016 has been quite a remarkable year and will be remembered as a benchmark period in the struggle of wastepickers for recognition. This year for the first time, updated solid and plastic waste management rules notified by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) prescribed integration of wastepickers and informal waste collectors in solid […]
Pioneering Innovations in Circular Events by Hasiru Dala Innovations
In 2013, when we pioneered Circular Events or Event Waste Management service in India, we were innovating an avenue for supplemental income for waste pickers. Today Event Waste Management has become an exciting movement with a fantastic community of zero-waste practitioners. From new startups venturing into the space, to influencers talking about how-tos of Circular […]
A Responsible Consumer’s Way of Impacting People and the Planet – An Interview with Jyoti Tulsiyan
Jyoti Tulsiyan sent a kilogram of clean milk covers to HDI’s Plastic Aggregation Centre. Read her story and why clean waste matters for waste pickers. At HDI, we aggregate post-consumer milk covers or LDPE plastic waste at our Plastic Aggregation Centre in Bangalore. Aggregation is a stage in the value chain, before Recycling. Milk Covers […]
Sustainable Travel and Event Waste Management at Large-Scale Events: A Call-to-Action for Individuals and Governments
The recent report1 on the staggering 30,000 metric tons of garbage left behind by the Kanwar yatra in Haridwar is a sobering reminder of the urgent need to address waste management and sustainable travel practices. Such enormous waste generation poses a significant threat to the environment, especially in places where crowds surge. According to reports, […]
