GAIA : Asia-Pacific

MultiMedia

Space for Waste Pickers in Solid Waste Management

A meeting of waste pickers from around the world was held in April of 2012 in India. Participants with common experiences were able to share their successes, strategies, challenges, ideas, and mutual support. This video highlights what was learned.

Informal Recyclers Share Ideas Related to Extended Producer Responsibility

In this brief film, members of the informal recycling workers' organization, SWaCH, share their experiences and their insights into what designers and manufacturers can do to cut down on waste.

We, SWaCH

This film show members of the informal waste workers' organization, SWaCH, at work in Pune India.

A Beijing Recycler's Life

This film about a couple who have collected recyclables in one community in Beijing for 20 years shows their life as collectors in the daytime and their work to sell the materials to the recycling market in the evening.

Delhi Waste Wars

This documentary takes a street-eye view, charting the wastepickers´ struggle for their rights and recognition, and gaining a local perspective on how to create a truly sustainable waste management system in one of the world´s biggest and most densely populated cities.

Durban Climate Change Conference - November 2011

View a panel discussion on the contributions of waste picking.

Zero Waste Kamikatsu, Japan

Garbage Dreams

GARBAGE DREAMS, winner of 18 awards follows three teenage boys growing up in the world’s largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This film provides a penetrating look into their lives and their community, where tradition is clashing with globalization – a window into one of the world’s hidden populations, the wastepickers.

Wastepickers talk about Climate Change Part 2

Wastepickers from Pune, India share their insights on Climate Change. Video created by KKPKP.

Wastepickers talk about Climate Change

Wastepickers from Pune, India share their insights on Climate Change. Video created by KKPKP.

The Garbage Patch of the Pacific

Thanal: Home Composting

Learn about the ABCs of composting in a video prepared by Thanal based in Kerala, India.

Rizwana Hasan, BELA wins Goldman Environmental Prize for her work on Shipbreaking

Rizwana Hasan, Bangladesh: Working to reduce the impact of Bangladesh’s exploitative and environmentally-devastating ship breaking industry, leading environmental attorney Rizwana Hasan led a legal battle resulting in increased government regulation and heightened public awareness about the dangers of ship breaking.

Indonesian Anti-Waste Activist wins 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize
April 20th, 2009

Yuyun Ismawati, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia: As waste management problems mount throughout the Indonesian archipelago, Yuyun Ismawati implements sustainable community-based solutions that provide employment opportunities to low-income people and empower them to improve the environment.