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When urban residents gather to manage their refuse: lessons from India
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08 authored by Marine ColonThis paper examines the concept of area-based organisations as a means of promoting a sustainable, integrated waste
management system in Indian mega-cities. A local NGO, called EXNORA, has advocated people-centred approaches as
an alternative solution for clean cities where urban municipal services are over-loaded. This has led to the formation of
CIVIC EXNORAs which aim to implement a zero waste management scheme designed by Indians for the Indian context.
As this model has been widely quoted as successful, the study aimed at learning from two communities implementing this
model. Field studies reveal that they face many problems, which prevent them from impacting effectively on the overall
system of municipal waste management. However, their action has had a significant impact on public awareness.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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COLON, M., 2004. When urban residents gather to manage their refuse: lessons from India. IN: Godfrey, S. (ed). People-centred approaches to water and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Laos, 25-29 October 2004, pp. 71-74.Publisher
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