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Securing the Future Just and Circular

Endless consumption and waste management will take us nowhere. We need an economy that consumes less resources, generates less pollution and greenhouse gasses. That is why to deliver this, Chintan works on Circular Economy, Air Pollution and Cilmate Change

Spotlight

Important issues you probably overlooked.

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ON AIR

India’s First Bilingual Webzine on Air ... Read More

Resources

Breathing on the Frontlines: Air Pollution and Safai Karamcharis in Delhi and Lucknow

Delhi and Lucknow, two of North India’s largest and most influential urban centres, are grappling with a deepening air quality emergency. Despite ... Read More

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Endline Report 2025

Measuring the impact of climate education in building climate-resilient youth in landfill ... Read More

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Baseline Report 2025

Understanding climate awareness and resilience needs among children in Delhi NCR’s landfill ... Read More

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Paryavaran Saathi: Young Leaders for Climate Action

A blueprint for climate change education and youth leadership among children in Delhi NCR’s waste picker ... Read More

Podcast

The Chintan Chats

Bharati Chaturvedi converses with people in the know... English | Hindi

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A Seat at the Table

Why India’s plastic EPR must include wastepickers and the informal recycling ... Read More

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Pollution Ka Solution

Delhi’s air pollution crisis demands more than diagnosis, it needs mission-mode solutions. This latest report from Chintan, co-developed with the High Commission ... Read More

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Heat Solutions

Learning from urban poor women on heat resilient housing, a Chintan ... Read More

Leadership

Keep Thy Neighbourhood Clean

Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad along with Chintan take lead to create a school led programme involving young adults to manage waste. A bilingual ... Read More

Leadership

Children Demand Climate Action

A study among schoolchildren in Delhi NCR to understand their climate ... Read More

Our Impact

9 Policies Impacted. 8 Awards Won.

Chintan reduces waste and consumption, manages solid and electronic waste and advocates around materials, waste and
consumption. It uses waste as a tool to fight poverty, child labour gender based violence and exclusion and climate change,
while creating green livelihoods. Chintan pushes back and combats unsustainable consumption.

• 37,555 tonnes of solid waste diverted •

• 1,341 tonnes of wet waste composted •

• 2,952 green livelihoods created •

• 16 green enterprises set up •

• 400 grassroots leaders trained •

• 1,000 youth trained •

• 10,000 wastepicker children moved to schools from dumpsites •

What We Do

Join us to make a difference

Chintan gives its volunteers the experience to understand the nitty – gritty of making change. You must be able to put in at least a 100 hours within a
quarter , to apply to be a volunteer with Chintan .