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‘Waste collection is green work’: how a pro-poor partnership created jobs and cleaned a city
A cooperative in Pune, India, is diverting waste from the landfill while also alleviating povertyThree decades ago, Rajabai Sawant used to pick and sort waste on the streets of Pune with a sack on her back. The plastic she collected from a public waste site would be sold for some money that saved her children from begging.Today, dressed in a dark green jacket monogrammed with the acronym Swach (Solid Waste Collection and Handling) over a colourful sari, the 53-year-old is one among an organised group of waste collectors and climate educators who teach residents in urban Pune how to segregate and manage waste, based on a PPPP – a pro-poor private public partnership.This is an abridged version of a piece originally published by Mongabay. Continue reading...
A cooperative in Pune, India, is diverting waste from the landfill while also alleviating poverty
Three decades ago, Rajabai Sawant used to pick and sort waste on the streets of Pune with a sack on her back. The plastic she collected from a public waste site would be sold for some money that saved her children from begging.
Today, dressed in a dark green jacket monogrammed with the acronym Swach (Solid Waste Collection and Handling) over a colourful sari, the 53-year-old is one among an organised group of waste collectors and climate educators who teach residents in urban Pune how to segregate and manage waste, based on a PPPP – a pro-poor private public partnership.
This is an abridged version of a piece originally published by Mongabay. Continue reading...
