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In order to extend its outreach into different parts of the nation, Toxics
Link aims to develop regional nodes in collaboration with other NGOs.
The idea is to partner with an organisation working in a related field
of endeavour, in order that the synergies of the two operations enhance
each other.
Toxics Link currently has a regional node at Chennai,
established in collaboration with CAG (Citizen consumer and civic Action
Group). Since it began functioning in 1999, the node has made significant
impacts in the programme area of Toxics Free Health Care, successfully
working on grassroots implementation of better waste management systems
and simultaneously influencing state policy. While successfully establishing
a sustainable waste management system in one of the largest government-run
hospitals in the state, it has simultaneously been assisting the Tamil
Nadu government on the healthcare waste management policy under the State
Health Systems Development Project.
The other key area of work for the node is tracking
the generation and import of e-waste in the southern States, particularly
in Chennai. After successfully exposing the issue through its report ‘E-waste
in Chennai – Time is running out’ in 2004, it is currently
focussing on Extended Producer Responsibility in the IT industry.
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Electronic waste is one of many campaigns
that have had large-scale inputs from the nodes.
Apart from these areas, CAG and Toxics Link Chennai
are jointly engaged in several issues concerning urban environmental management,
such as water quality, and the management of municipal and hazardous waste.
Recently the two groups have launched the Environmental Awareness Public
Lecture Series, which aims to promote the dissemination of current scientific
information on environmental issues to the general public.
Govindaraj ArunSenthilRam (Regional Program Coordinator)
operate the Chennai node.
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