Trash Talk : Decoding India's Garbage Woes

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Trash Talk : Decoding India's Garbage Woes

The Climate Conundrum Podcast

1 hour 33 minutes 58 seconds

1 year ago

Trash Talk : Decoding India's Garbage Woes

In the fourth episode of the Climate Conundrum Podcast, waste management expert, Hamsa Iyer brings out a plethora of interesting facets of about the state of waste management in India and also presents some hard hitting facts.

The freewheeling discussion touches upon numerous aspects of this complex topic - right from the life cycle of our everyday trash to landfills, circularity and composting! We also play a few interesting games to find out what is trash and what can become treasure in our journey into waste management.

Timestamps: 00:00 - 2:36- Introduction 02:37 - 05:29- How did Hamsa get into waste management as a career option? 05:30 - 11:33- Understanding the life cycle of trash.11:34 - 16:04- Policies for waste management in India 16:05 - 18:13- Have people become indifferent to waste and landfills?18:14 - 21:24- Uniform segregation waste: Bangalore case study 21:25 - 22:21- Steward leadership from administrative wing22:22 - 23:45- Swach Bharat Abhiyan 2.023:46 - 29:46- What exactly is circularity in the circular economy? 29:47 - 35:19- Unique challenges of working in the waste management sector 35:20 - 39:23- India's Circular Economy and Workers in Waste Management 35:24 - 41:50- Weirdest thing encountered in the waste-management field 41:51 - 42: 56- Individually reducing waste 42:57 - 49:50- Basics of composting 49:51 - 56:09- Hamsa three Rs 56:10 - 58:14- Refill Movement 58:15 - 1:06:35- How can we encourage businesses and industries to implement better waste management practices?1:06:36 - 1:15:13- Game-time: Trash your Treasure! 1:15:14 - 1:18:26- Future trends in the sector 1:18:27 - 1:21:49- Misconceptions about waste management 1:21:50 - 1:23:40- Proper way to dispose of broken or old electronics 1:23:41 - 1:25:40- Recycling or disposing of old mattress 1:25:41 - 1:28:33- Online shopping packages 1:28:34 - 1:29:54- Recycling Mechanism in Local Government 1:29:54 - 1:30:49- Bio-medical waste 1:30:50 - 1:33:58- Changing one aspect of how society views waste and its relationship to climate change.