Research for sustainable waste management
Our series 'Letters during COVID-19 is an exchange of thoughts, a collection of digital letters exchanged among colleagues in lockdown and their thoughts about research and field work – from afar and within'. Our first letter in this exchange is from Pia in Europe.
Our series 'Letters during COVID-19 is an exchange of thoughts, a collection of digital letters exchanged among colleagues in lockdown and their thoughts about research and field work – from afar and within'. Our first letter in this exchange is from Pia in Europe.
Our series 'Letters during COVID-19 is an exchange of thoughts, a collection of digital letters exchanged among colleagues in lockdown and their thoughts about research and field work – from afar and within'.
Our series 'Letters during COVID-19 is an exchange of thoughts, a collection of digital letters exchanged among colleagues in lockdown and their thoughts about research and field work – from afar and within'. Our first letter in this exchange is from Pia in Europe.
COVID-19 alters everyday life; people across the globe are in confinement. This has also implications for waste practices at the household level and beyond. This blog post depicts the observations of waste researchers in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.
Kumari Thami was only 20 years old when she first came to live in Kathmandu. Originally belonging to Sundrawati of Dolakha district, Thami who is now 32 years old lives with her husband and two children. Today, she is the Vice President at the SaSaJa Cooperative - the only cooperative run entirely by and for the waste workers in Nepal - and a self-employed business owner who has setup her own shop in the empty shutter space in where she lived on rent.
After highly professional, efficient and successful working days, the r4d team went out to enjoy a team dinner in a Newari restaurant that during the food courses performs local and traditional dances on a stage. During the performances, the stage invites the audience to become performers themselves.
Dr Pia Hollenbach's field visit to Nepal in November 2019 to the Sisdole landfill site, Kirtipur Waste Management and Service Composting Unit and a Co-operative at Teku-12 formed by Informal Waste Workers.
Waste Of(f) Life 