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Pinky Chandran On Tackling Waste Management & Making Bangalore Green
The Plant Paradigm
English - September 11, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHealth & Fitness Society & Culture Places & Travel vegan vegetarian health cruelty free sustainable eco friendly animal activism veganism tom simak climate change Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"Even though garbage is on the news, why is it still cloaked in a layer of anonymity? Why do we see what we want to see?"
Today’s conversation is with Pinky Chandran. Pinky is an independent researcher, author and a community journalist. She tracks policy and legal developments on issues related to waste management. She is the founding member of the Solid Waste Management Roundtable and a Trustee at Hasiru Dala. She is also a Board Member of Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation, an NGO that runs Radio Mewat.
Video version: https://youtu.be/DN91uZt8P-Y
The key topics in today's episode:
05:00 - Storm water drains impact on the environment
10:00 - Waste management problems and solutions
16:30 - Recycling incentives
20:00 - Listening to the waste workers
29:00 - Rinsing recyclables
33:00 - India phasing out single-use plastics
41:00 - What can we learn from Bangalore
44:30 - Pushback from industries
48:00 - The next steps for a greener future
52:00 - What the Gov should be tracking
58:00 - Poetry about waste
Resources:
Connect with Pinky:
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinky-chandran-62264310/
Twitter | https://twitter.com/pinkychandran
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/pinky.chandran/
EPR Rules:
https://cpcb.nic.in/uploads/plasticwaste/PWM-Amendment-Rules-2022.pdf
The EPR Portal
https://eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in/#/plastic/home
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