Anurodh Sachdeva

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Anurodh Sachdeva

MSc (Environmental Studies)
B.Eng (Mechanical Engineering)

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Anurodh Sachdeva is an Associate at Ecologic Institute. From November 2019 until September 2020 he was an International Fellow at Ecologic Institute. While at Ecologic Institute, he was researching courtesy of a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship. Anurodh's main research interests are urban environmental issues including solid waste management with a focus on plastics, circular economy and water management. He is a native Hindi speaker, is fluent in English and is learning German.

At Ecologic Institute, Anurodh was working under the mentorship of Dr. Martin Hirschnitz-Garbers on understanding the role of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in realizing a circular economy of plastic waste and e-waste. Through this project, he aimed to critically analyze and understand key factors that have shaped Germany’s EPR Policy on plastic waste and e-waste to draw important lessons for the Indian Waste Management context.

Before joining Ecologic Institute, Anurodh was working as a project consultant with Ernst & Young in India. His primary responsibilities included providing project implementation support to Urban Local Bodies, conducting research and providing policy support for urban environmental issues such as Solid Waste Management and Water Management. He was a Dalai Lama Fellow from 2017 to 2018 for his project on developing a self-sustaining decentralized waste management system in a small town of Rajgir in India. He was also a School for Social Entrepreneur Fellow India for which he worked on a project to study the issue of Indoor Air Pollution in India and develop alternatives to fuelwood cooking.

He completed his Masters in Environment Studies from Nalanda University (India). For his dissertation, he conducted interdisciplinary research estimating willingness to pay for door-to-door waste collection service, exploring socio-economic factors that influence decisions to participate in the waste collection and recycling initiatives.

Recent content by Anurodh Sachdeva

Publication:Report
 
As part of this study, stakeholder feedback from the European textile sector was gathered on bottlenecks and enablers for textile-to-textile recycling. Overall, the participating stakeholders distinctly signaled to be open and prepared for ambitious policy approaches. Next, policy options were developed aiming to enhance textile recycling as part of a circular textile economy in the EU.

Study on the Technical, Regulatory, Economic and Environmental Effectiveness of Textile Fibres Recycling

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Mandy Hinzmann, fellow researcher at the Ecologic Institute, gave a presentation in a scientific session of the World Resources Forum, which took place from 12 until 14 October 2021. She presented key policy options on how to foster the circular economy in the European textiles sector. She also participated in the discussion session after the presentations.

Fostering the Circular Economy in the Textiles Sector


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Report cover with image of fish, title, and logos of participating institutions
This research report studies the Asian perspectives on a global plastic pollution treaty against the background of a growing momentum for the establishment of a negotiation process during the second part of the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in February 2022. It identifies solutions already pursued by Asian countries to tackle marine plastic pollution, describes the challenges and needs expressed by government officials from the region, and discusses possible treaty elements taking into account experiences of countries in the Asian region.

A Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

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In EU policy, the textile value chain is currently in the focus of efforts to build a circular economy. Textile recycling in the EU is still in its infancy, although promising innovative technologies are about to enter the market. How can policy support the industrial uptake of textile recycling? This was topic of a webinar held on 31 August 2021. Members of Ecologic Institute's Circular Economy Team presented policy recommendations to the European Commission to enhance systems for the collection, sorting and recycling of textile waste - and to create a market for recycled textiles.

High-quality Textile Recycling as Part of a Circular Textile Economy


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Publication:Report
 
Publication's cover: Extended Producer Responsibility and Ecomodulation of Fees
In this analysis, Ecologic Institute focused on four product streams: plastic/packaging, waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries and textiles to investigate the four cross-sectional aspects: modulation criteria, size of the fees, cost coverage and revenue use. The analysis suggests a systemic change in EPR and ecomodulation of fees is required which is more focused on waste prevention measures.

Extended Producer Responsibility and Ecomodulation of Fees

Opportunity: Ecomodulation of Fees as a Way Forward for Waste Prevention

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Ecomodulation of fees can play a crucial role in incentivizing upstream design changes by reducing the fees for products or packaging designed for circular economy. Products or packaging with circular design (e.g., a minimum percentage of recycled content, high reparability index, reduction in weight of material, shift from low to easily recyclable material(s)) could benefit from reduced fees, while those with design barriers, which are also often exported to developing countries for end-of-life treatment, could incur higher fees. Thus, ecomodulation of fees can play a vital role in prioritizing design as waste prevention, reusability, reparability and recyclability. Against this background, this project run by Ecologic Institute focused on the product streams batteries, plastic/packaging, textiles and waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Extended Producer Responsibility and Ecomodulation of Fees

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Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues. Calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution have increased over the last years, discussions will continue at the next sessions of the UN Environment Assembly in February 2022. After the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics concluded its work in November 2020, various countries have started to prepare positions and forge alliances in preparation of these pending discussions.

A Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution – Perspectives from Asia

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Textiles, including clothing, are a priority product category for the circular economy and one of the focus sectors of the new Circular Economy Action Plan. The textiles sector is a relevant economic sector in the EU, both in terms of job and value creation, as well as regarding environmental and social footprint. Environmental pressures from the sector through the use of resources, water, land and chemicals are significant. The impacts occur in every phase of the life cycle: from production of fibers and products to distribution, the use of clothing, collection, sorting and recycling, and the final management of waste.

Technical, Regulatory, Economic and Environmental Effectiveness of Textile Fibres Recycling

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This commentary contributes to the discussion on the recently released Draft Guidelines on Uniform Framework for Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) by India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The authors argue that the draft guidelines fall short of fulfilling its purpose for three reasons. Basing their recommendations on learnings from experiences of developed countries with mature EPR ecosystems and contextualizing the same for ground realities of India, authors provide a 6-point agenda to address the issues raised.

India's Draft Uniform EPR Framework Misses the Uniformity it Promised to Bring

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