The hair collectors: Where wigs and hair extensions come from

Fund recipient Rosita Boland was supported to travel to Bangalore, India, with Brenda Fitzsimons, where the pair explored approaches to waste management, innovate recycling initiatives and the role of new technologies among the city’s waste-pickers. Their work was published in The Irish Times and the digital version can be accessed here. Rosita also appeared on The Irish Times’ ‘The Women’s Podcast’ to discuss her experience of the project. This can be listened back to here.