| Affiliation with other organizations: |
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| Publications: |
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| Purpose of the organization: |
Our purpose is to enable communities in urban, rural, and eco-sensitive areas to have integrated solid waste management systems. We develop SWM models that aim to be affordable and sustainable, and can be replicated to mitigate the impact of waste pollution on the environment. We focus on behavioral change of communities through their participation in waste awareness, segregation, responsible disposal and collection. We parallelly formalize and integrate informal waste workers. |
| Activities relevant to the conference of States Parties to the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: |
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| Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: |
Over the past 8 years, Waste Warriors Society has processed 5000+ metric tons of waste, all of which was diverted from 15,000+ homes and 600+ businesses into our 13 waste management centers. The organization has also organized 1000+ clean-ups with 6500+ volunteers, reducing the amount of litterred waste that is known to be accidentally ingested by wildlife, from keystone species like tigers and elephants, to more common species of deer, monkeys, and birds, in environmentally sensitive locations in this lower Himalayan landscape. More specifically, since 2012, the work done by Waste Warriors Society has had meaningful impacts in Dehradun (city in the Indian state of Uttarakhand), Jim Corbett National Park (located in Indian state of Uttarakhand), Dharamshala (city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh), and hundreds of schools in these regions.
In the city of Dehradun, the organization runs a urban waste management model with 34 full-time Green Workers – who are formalized waste workers – and currently operates 4 waste collection trucks and 3 waste value-addition machines (shredder, baler, and air-blower), has surveyed 470 waste pickers (with 52 now enrolled in 6 formal self-help groups with access to banking), has engaged 5600+ households through door-to-door information-education-communication (DTD IEC) awareness activities, has collected from 116 establishments as waste collection clients, has processed 761 metric tons of dry waste (from 2019 to 2020) at two material recovery facilities, both of them in partnership with UNDP and external corporate partners, HDFC Bank Parivartan and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
In Jim Corbett National Park, the organization operates a rural waste management model that has facilitated activating waste management in 49 villages since 2013, is currently active in 18 rural villages, and consists of 15 local women (from 4 different self-help groups) who conduct DTD waste collection in 18 villages and are collecting monthly user-fee contributions from 800+ households and shops. Furthermore, the team in Waste Warriors Corbett has segregated 454 metric tons of solid waste since October 2013.
In the city of Dharamshala, the society runs a waste management model operated by a young team and Green Workers since 2017, that focuses on building systems from scratch for collection, segregation, and processing, in this mountainous terrain. The waste management model facilitates solid waste management in 2 city wards and has resulted in the DTD collection of 828 metric tons of waste and organization of 300+ clean-up drives since 2012.
The organization has also reached out to and spread awareness about the waste management crisis at over 338 schools in this region, engaging a total of 120,000 students. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Executive Managing Committee:
Sanjay Aggarwal, Indian
Sanjeev Mohan Joshi, Indian
Gaurav Aggarwal, Indian
Gaurav Soni, Indian
Shaila Brijnath, Indian
Taranpreet Singh, Indian
Malvika Ahuja, Indian
Tarit Mohan, Indian |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
As stated in the Memorandum of Association of the Waste Warriors Society, the General Body comprises all core members, associate members, honorary members, and one authorized representative of each of the institutional members.
At the annual general meeting of the society, held once a year, the General Body elects members of the executive committee from the core members every two years. The tenure of the executive committee is two years, however any committee member’s individual tenure may be extended as necessary by the committee.
8 (executive committee members) + 15 (core members) + 82 (staff full time) + 16 (staff part time) |
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