Creating sustainable cities through decentralised waste management: detailed surveying of buildings

Informal labour markets and decentralised solid waste management in urban areas: detailed surveying of buildings

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16964926

Enrollment

30000

Registered

2021-10-27

Start date

2021-11-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-15

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Conditions

Health, environmental, civic and socioeconomic consequences of decentralised solid waste management in urban communities Not Applicable

Interventions

Information on decentralised waste management and provision of segregated waste services to households and businesses. A cluster is a waste collection vehicle route and time. A random

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All households and businesses in the treatment clusters will be offered waste management services. About 30% of the households will be randomly sampled for detailed surveying in the control and treatment clusters

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Households outside of the designated control and treatment areas will not be covered

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Waste generation and recycling of households at the time of enumeration, measured through: 1. Self-reported survey questions based on WHO’s WASH questionnaire, with a recall period of 1 week, 2 weeks, month or “usually” 2. Daily observations by waste workers on whether the waste is collected in a segregated form, on the day of the enumeration Measured at the time of the baseline survey enumeration and at the time of the endline survey after 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

Waste generation and recycling of households at the time of enumeration, measured through: 1. Self-reported survey questions based on WHO’s WASH questionnaire, with a recall period of 1 week, 2 weeks, month or “usually” 2. Daily observations by waste workers on whether the waste is collected in a segregated form, on the day of the enumeration Measured at the time of the baseline survey enumeration and at the time of the endline survey after 12 months

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Health, civic and socioeconomic outcomes of waste workers and the community at the time of survey enumeration, measured using self-reported survey questions with a weekly/fortnightly recall period (health), weekly recall period (socioeconomic) and annual/"usual" recall period (civic), based on India’s Demographic and Health Surveys, Periodic Labour Force Surveys, LSE Alternative Work Arrangements Survey, American Teens' Knowledge of Climate Change and UNESCAP Waste Management Assessment. Measured at the time of the baseline survey enumeration and at the time of the endline survey after 12 months.	—

Measure

Time frame

Health, civic and socioeconomic outcomes of waste workers and the community at the time of survey enumeration, measured using self-reported survey questions with a weekly/fortnightly recall period (health), weekly recall period (socioeconomic) and annual/"usual" recall period (civic), based on India’s Demographic and Health Surveys, Periodic Labour Force Surveys, LSE Alternative Work Arrangements Survey, American Teens' Knowledge of Climate Change and UNESCAP Waste Management Assessment. Measured at the time of the baseline survey enumeration and at the time of the endline survey after 12 months.

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Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026