Waste Warriors Explained

Waste Warriors
Formation:September 2012
Founder:Jodie Underhill and Taashi Pareek
Type:NGO
Website:http://wastewarriors.org/

Waste Warriors is a non-governmental organisation which undertakes waste collection, waste management consultancy, event waste management, and other related projects in Dehradun, Dharamshala, Corbett National Park, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and other parts of India. It was founded by Jodie Underhill and Taashi Pareek.[1] [2]

Work

Waste Warriors has done extensive work in the area of waste collection and waste management. Since they were registered in 2012, Waste Warriors has collected and processed over 4223 tonnes of waste from Bhagsunag and Triund.[3] Due to the efforts of Waste Warriors, Triund is now known as one of the cleanest hiking destinations in India.[4] In the year 2015-16, Waste Warriors collected 175,656 kg of waste from Corbett, 190,908 kg from Dehradun and 272,928 kg from Dharamsala.[5] Waste Warriors were in waste management duty for three Airtel Hyderabad Marathons,[6] two Wipro Chennai Marathons, and IPL matches conducted in Dharamsala and Mohali Cricket Stadium.[7] They help in the waste management at Sunburn Music Festival.[8]

Recognition

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: The ‘Waste Warrior’ Keeping India’s Top Tourist Spots Clean. Dutta. Saptarshi. 11 September 2017. NDTV. 27 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Waste Warriors. www.sanctuaryasia.com. en. 28 January 2018.
  3. News: Waste collection: Dharamshala follows Shimla - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-01-30.
  4. News: The ‘Waste Warrior’ Keeping India’s Top Tourist Spots Clean Swachh Warrior. 2017-03-06. NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India. 2018-01-30. en-US.
  5. Web site: Waste Warriors Progress Report.
  6. News: Waste Warriors: Waging a war against waste. 22 October 2014. Livemint.
  7. As the England men defeated India at Dharamsala, Jodie Underhill, an English woman, and her crew were cleaning up the stands. Jodie is known as "the Garbage Girl" and makes sure that the stadium doesn't get trashed.

    http://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22039020/meeting-cricket-power-couple

  8. News: And the battle continues. Kannadasan. Akila. 2013-12-05. The Hindu. 2018-01-30. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  9. Web site: SPO India CSR Summit & Awards 2017 – spoindia. spoindia.org. en-US. 2018-01-30.
  10. Web site: Ms. Jodie Underhill – WEF Awards. wefawards.org. 2018-01-30.
  11. News: Shimla's 'garbage girl' to get Green Hero award. NDTV.com. 2018-01-30.
  12. Web site: British garbage girl Jodie Underhill given Green Award in Himachal Hill Post. hillpost.in. en-US. 2018-01-30.
  13. News: Awards & Recognitions - Waste Warriors. Waste Warriors. 2018-01-30. en-US.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Waste Warriors".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.