Led by Toxics Link
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This tour will be led by
Toxics Link, an environmental NGO dedicated to bringing toxics-related information into the public domain, both relating to struggles and problems at the grassroots level as well as global information to the local levels. The tour will consist of site visits to e-waste separation and disposal centres in Seelampur, and view process of plastic waste moulding at Inderlok.
Lunch will be provided in transit.
It is indeed critical and important to recognize and acknowledge that the informal sector plays a vital role in managing electronic and plastic waste our experience in the country clearly suggest that informal waste collectors are part of a network that have far deeper access to waste and over time have aligned themselves to intermediary trading systems and storage infrastructures. While these informal players have existed and continue to struggle for survival in absence of any regulatory or financial support. This is very clearly visible in the city of Delhi, which is considered as the biggest waste trading and recycling hubs in the country for both plastics and e waste. This trip has been organised to familiarise all with the role of informal sector and its contribution to waste management efforts in the city.
- Please note that these are informal sector waste processing and disposal sites.
- While the Toxics Link and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan teams will take precautions for safety, you are responsible for your own person.
- Only adults above the age of 18 years permitted.
Schedule
10:45 AM: Assembly point: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi
11 AM: Pick up from Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi
12 PM: Visit New Seelampur – Wire Extraction (E-waste)
1 PM: Packed Lunch on the way
2 PM: Visit to Inderlok – Plastic Molding
5 PM: Drop off at Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi
Toxics Link works with other groups around the country as well as internationally in an understanding that this will help bring the experience of the ground to the fore, and lead to a more meaningful articulation of issues. Toxics Link also engages in on-the ground work especially in areas of municipal, hazardous and medical waste management and food safety, among others. Working in networks, utilising community outreach and education, policy analysis, research, training and program development, they work at the state and central levels to help create solutions, which are driven by the needs of people. They are also involved in a wider range of environmental issues in Delhi and outside as part of a coalition of non-governmental organizations.
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