# Tackling Trash: South Asia’s Informal Waste Economy #### calendar\_today Date and Time **April 28, 2022** 10:30AM - 10:30AM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Zoom** [ Register arrow\_circle\_right ](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ayIwn7IWRMKcIhe68PlqvQ) Join the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University for a discussion on socioeconomics of waste in South Asia, featuring **Lakshmi Narayan**, co-founder of SWaCH Cooperative and KKPKP, and **Saumya Roy**, author of *Castaway Mountain*. Join the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University for a discussion on socioeconomics of waste in South Asia, featuring **Lakshmi Narayan**, co-founder of SWaCH Cooperative and KKPKP, and **Saumya Roy**, author of *Castaway Mountain*. As urban populations have exploded across South Asia, trash has become a mounting issue for municipalities. In Delhi, the Ghazipur landfill [made headlines](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/06/738965440/a-days-work-on-delhi-s-mountain-of-trash) as it neared the same height as the Taj Mahal. Behind the scenes, a massive, invisible workforce – an entire informal economy – exists around waste, collecting, recycling and subsisting off what others discard. Visit [the event page](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/waste-in-south-asia/) for more information. [Register](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ayIwn7IWRMKcIhe68PlqvQ) in advance. Contact: See also:- [ Faculty of Arts and Sciences ](/school/faculty-arts-and-sciences) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.environment.harvard.edu/node/1434687/event-feed.ics) Copy link link