Challenges of MSW: Learning from post-crisis governance initiatives in South Asia
Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Principal Investigator

Rene Veron, UNIL

Co PI

Nishara Fernando, University of Colombo

N.C., Narayanan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bishnu R, Upreti, XYZ

Project Team

Dr Neelam Rana, IIT Bombay

Taenaz Shakir, IIT Bombay

Rakendu S, IIT Bombay

Sruthi Pillai, IIT Bombay

Gautham Ganapathy, IIT Bombay

Dr Mijo Luke, IIT Bombay

Project status

Closed

Partners

University of Laussane

University of Colombo

Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research

Centre for Environment and Development

Janathakshan, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr Mijo Luke, IIT Bombay

Project Objectives:
  • the institutional architecture with flows of ideas, funds and power; 
  •  the waste chain characterized by material flows and human labor; 
  • the discursive construction and representation of waste and waste-work
Project Outputs

Report on the SWM practices and perceptions at household level, working papers and journal articles on topics such as circularity in decentralized solid waste management, livelihoods in solid waste management, solid waste management technologies and policy, dissemination workshops to present work and findings to local government officials, blogs and documentary films