Wealth of waste : waste pickers, solid wastes and urban development

By:

Venkateswaran, Sandhya

Publication details: New Delhi Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 1994Description: vii,96,iipSubject(s):

DDC classification:

363.7285 VEN

Contents:

Table of Contents: Introduction Development Trends and Urbanisation 1 Women and Children as Workers 8 Need for an Alternate Model for Urban Development 11 Solid Waste Management in India practices And Issues Generation of Waste 14 Waste Management Practices 20 Environmental Aspects of Waste Storage/Disposal 24 Investments in Solid Waste Management 26 Extent and Coverage of Solid Waste Management Services and Emerging Issues 28 Waste or Resource? -Issues in Recycling Nature of Recycling Activities 33 Extent of Current Recycling and Future Potential 35 Economic and Ecological Implications of Recycling 38 The Processes of Resource Recovery for Recycling 39 Profile of Waste Pickers Social and Demographic Profile 41 Waste Pickers as Migrants 44 The Compulsions for Scavenging 46 Conditions around Waste Picking 49 Economic and Work Profile 52 Intra Household Dynamics of Waste Picking 57 Occupational Mobility 61 Role of Waste Pickers in Waste Management Ecological Contributions 65 Economic Contributions 66 Government and NGO Responses Government Policy and Initiatives 69 Non-Government Responses 71 Interventions from Private Entrepreneurs 81 Conclusion 85 References 93

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Development Trends and Urbanisation 1
Women and Children as Workers 8
Need for an Alternate Model for Urban Development 11
Solid Waste Management in India practices And Issues
Generation of Waste 14
Waste Management Practices 20
Environmental Aspects of Waste Storage/Disposal 24
Investments in Solid Waste Management 26
Extent and Coverage of Solid Waste Management Services and Emerging Issues 28
Waste or Resource? -Issues in Recycling
Nature of Recycling Activities 33
Extent of Current Recycling and Future Potential 35
Economic and Ecological Implications of Recycling 38
The Processes of Resource Recovery for Recycling 39
Profile of Waste Pickers
Social and Demographic Profile 41
Waste Pickers as Migrants 44
The Compulsions for Scavenging 46
Conditions around Waste Picking 49
Economic and Work Profile 52
Intra Household Dynamics of Waste Picking 57
Occupational Mobility 61
Role of Waste Pickers in Waste Management
Ecological Contributions 65
Economic Contributions 66
Government and NGO Responses
Government Policy and Initiatives 69
Non-Government Responses 71
Interventions from Private Entrepreneurs 81
Conclusion 85
References 93

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