Making Waste Matter: Reimagining Urban Renewal and Advocating for Women Waste-Pickers’ Right to a Dignified Livelihood

Sohnee Harshey () and Pratibha Sharma ()
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Sohnee Harshey: Independent Researcher
Pratibha Sharma: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)

A chapter in Land, Labour and Livelihoods, 2016, pp 263-283 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract While ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ is an environment policy catchphrase in India today; women waste-pickers, who are central to this circular economy of recovery and recycling, are rarely made part of formal municipal waste-disposal systems. Not covered under state-sponsored social protection schemes, they suffer from low wages, lack of access to health services, and occupational hazards. In this chapter, we argue that the nature of their occupation must be transformed from being that of scavenging to becoming one of service provision. Taking the case study of Kagad Kach Patra Kashtkari Panchayat (KKPKP), a waste-pickers’ trade union in Pune, we discuss the scope of including waste-pickers in urban waste management policies.

Keywords: Municipal Solid Waste; Informal Sector; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Solid Waste Management; Waste Picker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1_13

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