Learning to Re-E-Cycle

What Working With E-Waste Has Taught Us (2013)

This report details the strategies, challenges, and outcomes of the last 6 years of Chintan's work. It is aimed at enabling newer players to learn from Chintan�s experience and contribute to the challenge of enabling the informal recycling sector to enjoy decent, green livelihoods in the e-waste sector.

Give Back Our Waste

What the Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant has Done to Local Wastepickers

Waste Rules in India

In India, many rules and policies clearly state that wastepickers and kabaris must be a part of waste handling in every municipality. Did you know this? No? Maybe because these rules are buried in files and on the internet. Here are some of the most important rules and policies.

Failing The Grade

How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade.

Waste-to-Energy or Waste-of-Energy?

Social and Economic Impact Assessment of Waste-to-Energy Projects on Wastepickers near Ghazipur and Okhla Landfills in Delhi

A Social Impact Assessment of the impact of two waste-to-energy plants on wastepickers in Delhi. The study shows a definite livelihood loss and likelihood of increased number of child wastepickers. Published 2011.

Scrap Crash!

What the crash in prices of scrap means for wastepickers and other recyclers

A study of how the economic crisis of 2008-09 impacted Delhi's wastepickers. Published 2009.

Cooling Agents

An Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by the Informal Recycling Sector in India.

The study develops a model to measure the greenhouse gas avoidance by informal sector recycling. It applies the model to Delhi to show the sector reduces appx 3.6 times more greenhouse gases than any other project that has registered for carbon credits in the field of solid waste. Published 2009.

Carving Opportunities

A Manual to Facilitate Children Wastepickers Access Education

A manual that shares the first steps to work with waste picking children, with the objective of helping them access education. Published 2009.

Wasting Our Local Resources

The Need for Inclusive Waste Management Policy in India

This study examines Indian and International policies and Extended Producer Responsibility in the context of the informal recycling sector and suggests policy shifts as a way forward. Published 2007.

Stealthy Intruders

How Persistent Organic Pollutants are harming the health of women. A Guide for Women In India

A study of how POPs, or the dangerous class of chemicals, Persistent Organic Pollutants, impact women's health. Published 2006.