ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with feminist political ecology that contribute to research on garbage and global marine litter and their effects on coastal livelihoods, health, and water resources. It talks about the oral histories collected in 2010-2013 of women's experience, in conservation space, and as participants in plastics recycling, seaweed composting, and wetlands cleanup programs. The chapter reviews the diagnostic reports for coastal tourism, conservation programs, irregular urbanization and tourism development on the wetlands as the primary impediments to mangrove conservation. It focuses on personal narratives and oral histories that highlight the motivations, struggles, and everyday experiences of women who are actively involved in community waste management through composting and recycling activities. The chapter addresses the ways in which women's collective organizing through recycling and composting projects position them as local professionals who positively influence urban sustainability in coastal areas where both urban issues and women's work in conservation have long been excluded from policy and practice.
