Some of the project’s components are : building a recycling/composting unit, recruitment and training of community leaders, and finally, waste collection and composting. CHF installed electricity and drinking water in each unit, provided free by the local government. CHF initially tried to use existing buildings as recycling units, it proved easier to get land from the local government to construct a whole new building.

The project started with the formation of a committee of women in each community who will be responsible for managing the entire project. CHF conducts capacity building activities for these recruits, who then lead awareness activities in their communities to discuss solid waste management. Waste collectors are also recruited within the communities, and paid for their work. Besides, the project currently charges user fees of INR 100 per household to pay waste collectors and for repairs and maintenance of the recycling unit. Finally, the community project leaders take the initiative to speak to visiting bureaucrats or other officials to explain the value of the project.  

The efforts made by CHF in capacity building, training and construction of a composting unit proved sustainable even without corporation funding and CHF participation.

Interview.

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In this context, “Urban Labs” have been launched to go from theory to practices. They are local pilots aimed at mapping the opportunities and barriers in realizing the sustainable city vision as it was defined in the first part of the project. Through field research and experimentation, the Urban Labs explore the potential for behavioural changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle, by looking at topics of the Sharing Economy, Local Economy, Transportation, Waste Separation, Community, and Design.

At the end of 2014 (the second year of the project), we talked about the fact that the labs came into being in order to examine, on the local/practical scale, the topics and ideas brought up at the theoretical background stage of the project.

The urban Lab in Holon works especially on issues related to local and sharing economy.

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In this context, “Urban Labs” have been launched to go from theory to practices. They are local pilots aimed at mapping the opportunities and barriers in realizing the sustainable city vision as it was defined in the first part of the project. Through field research and experimentation, the Urban Labs explore the potential for behavioural changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle, by looking at topics of the Sharing Economy, Local Economy, Transportation, Waste Separation, Community, and Design.

At the end of 2014 (the second year of the project), we talked about the fact that the labs came into being in order to examine, on the local/practical scale, the topics and ideas brought up at the theoretical background stage of the project.

The urban Lab in Ashdod works on
1) Community’s role in promoting waste management.
2) Promotion of a transition to more sustainable means of commuting to work among employees of the Municipality

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In this context, “Urban Labs” have been launched to go from theory to practices. They are local pilots aimed at mapping the opportunities and barriers in realizing the sustainable city vision as it was defined in the first part of the project. Through field research and experimentation, the Urban Labs explore the potential for behavioural changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle, by looking at topics of the Sharing Economy, Local Economy, Transportation, Waste Separation, Community, and Design.

At the end of 2014 (the second year of the project), we talked about the fact that the labs came into being in order to examine, on the local/practical scale, the topics and ideas brought up at the theoretical background stage of the project.

The urban Lab in Acre leads conducts tests about the ability of urban design to promote a sustainable lifestyle.

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