The vision for the Zero Waste City Initiative is to minimise the movement of solid waste to disposal sites or facilities. This manual presents a practicable plan for municipalities to process waste in-situ and within wards, aggregate…
A study to assess the human rights impacts of businesses, to understand the health impacts of plastics on people living and working around the Kodungaiyur dump yard using a symptoms diary and in-depth interviews.
A study that analysed water samples from around the Kodungaiyur dumpyard seeking to answer the question of how much microplastics have leached into the neighbourhood water sources.
A survey of how low income communities make purchase decisions, services offered by the municipality in these locations and how these impact the SWM scenario in these neighbourhoods.
A study to analyse the actors and processes of the informal waste economy, to fully understand the contribution of the informal sector in terms of quality, quantity, price of materials picked.