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Group 07
Ashutosh Patidar
Kuntal Chaudhari
Mayuresh Shirke
Rishabh Jain
Urvi Nanglia
Versha Dwivedi
• Chintan was established in December 1999 as a means of
addressing issues of sustainable consumption and
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environmental and social justice.
• It works for environmental justice in partnership with
people and groups from diverse sections of society.
• Focuses on ensuring equitable and sustainable
production and consumption of materials, and improved
disposal of waste
• They work towards ensuring green jobs, security and
dignity for the urban poor, many of whom earn a living as
waste recyclers.
• Their initiatives include research, campaigns, policy
interventions, building capacity among those engaged in
recycling, and creating awareness about the need for
reduced consumption and better waste management
among the middle and upper classes.
Objective
Scavengers to Managers
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Training
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Resources
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• Facebook
• Coca-Cola India foundation
• Austrian embassy
• Delhi pollution control committee
• Ford foundation
Bharati Chaturvedi- Masters in Modern Indian History from
Delhi University and a Masters in International Public Policy • Give to Asia foundation
from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Chintan began work • Google
in 2002: she was the only volunteer. She writes a weekly • IIT- Delhi
column Greenpiece, for the Hindustan Times, and contributes • TERI
to Scroll.in, India Today and Dainik Jagran, • United Nation Environment Program
SOME OTHER ORGANISATION WORKING IN SIMILAR DOMAIN
Chintan is mainly operates in Delhi NCR region and in northern parts of India
Chintan manages over 30 tons of solid and electronic waste every day in the Delhi
region by doorstep collection, segregation, recycling and composting
Chintan works with waste pickers communities to enable working and vulnerable
children in these communities to phase-out from this hazardous work, enroll and
stay in school.
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