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| Title: | Municipal solid waste recycling and associated markets in Delhi, India |
| Authors: | Agarwal, Ankit
Singhmar, Ashish
Kulshrestha, Mukul
Mittal, Atul K |
| Keywords: | Municipal solid waste
Recycling
Recyclists
Recycle trade
Economics of MSW |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Citation: | Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 44(1), 73-90 |
| Abstract: | Recycling of the municipal solid waste (MSW) was investigated and analyzed in the Indian capital city of Delhi. It was found that an informal sector comprising waste recyclists and a hierarchy of recyclable dealers plays an important role in the management of solid waste. The associated activity transports nearly 17% of the waste to the recycling units (RU). In this process an entire market is created for the recycle trade. The present work covered an extensive study of this waste trade with emphasis on the most important unit of the waste chain, the recyclists. Extensive interviews and surveys with recyclists from various slums helped in evaluating the market mechanisms of the recycla trade in Delhi and in revealing details of this informal sector. Through a number of field interviews undertaken on recyclists, recyclables dealers and municipal authorities, a complete hierarchy from recyclists to the final sellers of the recycled product was identified and delineated and the profits at... |
| URI: | http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/dspace/handle/2074/1494 |
| Appears in Collections: | Civil Engineering
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