October 4, 2015
Designing Circular Systems That Include Informal Workers
In India, any serious conversation about recycling and circularity that does not begin with the informal sector is incomplete. Not because inclusion sounds progressive, but…
October 1, 2015
Why India’s Recycling Problem Is Fundamentally an Infrastructure Problem
India’s recycling challenge is less a reflection of citizen indifference or lack of awareness and more a symptom of deeply inadequate infrastructure. Despite progressive policy…
September 30, 2015
Decentralisation Works — Until Systems Forget Scale
In India’s evolving waste and recycling ecosystem, decentralisation is frequently touted as the silver bullet. It isn’t wrong, it’s just incomplete. Decentralisation works brilliantly when…
September 28, 2015
The Gap Between Policy Language and On-Ground Incentives
India’s waste and recycling sector is rich in policy language. Over the past decade, successive regulations — from the Plastic Waste Management Rules to the…