reading room

Compound 13 Lab is just one of many individuals and organisations working with the people of Dharavi and communities across Mumbai. Our practical work and research builds upon the rich tapestry of initiatives that combine education with creative enquiry, provide access to resources and evidence based solutions for communities and young people on the ground.

ETC Group
WIEGO: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organising

Reinventing Dharavi - An Ideas Compendium

PARI: People's Archive of Rural India

Conflictorium - Museum of Conflict

PROJECTS ELSEWHERE

on the subject of plastics, waste and recycling

CLEAR Lab

Revolution Plastics (University of Plymouth)

Centre for Sustainable Curating

Governing Plastics Network (UK)

Discard Studies

Flip-flop Trail

on forms of radical pedagogy

Floating University Berlin

Devenir University

University of the Trees

Reflecting Oil

Discard Studies

Participatory Urbanisms

Hazardous Travels and Toxic Commons

Practicing Ethics

at the intersections of art, ecology and social change

News reports, journal articles, essays, reviews and blog posts on topics of waste, work and survival in India, informality, recycling and circular economy

Global Treaty to end Plastics Pollution

WWF / 2022

Waste management has a data problem. This approach can fix it.

Swati Singh Sambyal / 2023

Less plastic or more recycling – nations split ahead of treaty talks

Joe Lo / 2023

Brussels tables new reuse and recycling targets to slash packaging waste.

Kiera Taylor / 2022

Shaping our Cities and Urban Spaces: Arts and humanities research is addressing the complex challenges facing communities

UK Research and Innovation / 2022

Plastics: A Carbon Copy of the Climate Crisis

Ketan Joshi / 2021