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Finished MSW dump site capping an aerial view
Stories from the Field

Case Study: From 280,000 cubic metres of waste to leisure and children’s parks for the Kadapa communities

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Kadapa is the administrative centre of the district and has a population of 2 million. For the past 55 years, the Kadapa Municipal Corporation has been dumping municipal solid waste at the local which is spread in an area of 4.2 Hectares holding about 280,000 cubic metres of waste and this has created increasing environmental problems to the locality. Now, the dumpsite has been converted to leisure and children's parks for the local communities. The overarching environmental problems in that area have been solved and the atmosphere is now healthy. This can be taken as a model project in India.

Stories from the Field

Transformation from waste worker to self-employed

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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.

Research in Waste

The secret ingredient of flourishing research partnerships: quality time and a night out!

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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.