As the world looks for a zero waste solution, waste pickers from Mumbai are gaining a new respect and are proud of contributing to real environmental sustainability, says Sushila Sable, a waste picker who has been attending the UN climate change conferences for the last four years. Not only has she been participating in these meetings — at Copenhagen in 2009, Tianjin, China, 2010, Durban, South Africa, 2010 and last month’s meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — but as a member of the Alliance of Indian Wastepickers, she has also spoken to delegates on the story of road to zero waste in this city.
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