IRTA 2021 - Waste Warriors

Since 2009, with roots in volunteer-driven clean-ups in McLeod Ganj & Triund, Waste Warriors has grown to a team of a hundred working to build sustainable, affordable, and replicable Solid Waste Management models in three different regions: urban Dehradun, hilly Dharamshala, and the rural forested landscape around Corbett Tiger Reserve. Although Waste Warriors is not a tourism organisation, they do operate in tourist areas. The judges wanted to recognise their efforts to help waste workers cope with the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. They provided protective equipment, training and awareness, and also sensitised drivers in the transport hubs to arrest further spread of the disease.

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