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082			_aP TH-1416 _bMAH
100			_aMahato, Prabhat
245		0	_aRole of informal sector in plastic waste management in the purview of plastic waste (management and handling) rules, 2011 (Also available on CD)
260			_c2012
300			_ax,52,13p.,CD-ROM
505			_aCONTENTS LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES ix 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 NEED FOR THE STUDY 3 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION 3 1.4 AIM 3 1.5 OBJECTIVES 3 1.6 SCOPE 4 1.7 LIMITATIONS 4 1.8 METHODOLOGY 5 2. PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMAL SECTOR 8 2.1 UNDERSTANDING THE PLASTIC WASTE 8 2.2 Recycling of Plastic Waste 9 2.3 INFORMAL SECTOR IN PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT 10 2.4 UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE CHAIN 10 2.5 ROLE AND RATIONALE OF STAKEHOLDERS 12 2.6 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 13 2.6.1 Issues of Concern for Plastic Waste Management 13 2.6.2 Challenges Faced by Informal Sector 14 2.6.3 Formalizing the Informal Sector 15 3. GOVERNMENT POLICIES TOWARDS PLASTIC WASTE HANDLING 16 3.1 EVOLUTION OF POLICIES FOR SOLID WASTE IN INDIA 16 3.2 LEGISLATIONS RELATED TO PLASTICS 18 3.3 DRAWBACKS OF THE RULES 22 3.4 RECOGNITION OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR 22 3.5 INITIATIVES BY OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 23 3.5.1 Integrating waste-pickers in Brazil 23 3.5.2 Local Innovation in the Philippines 23 4. SURVEYS: Plastic Waste Value Chain for Ahmedabad city 25 4.1 NEED 25 4.2 METHODOLOGY 25 4.3 CITY PROFILE - AHMEDABAD 26 4.4 ANALYSIS 27 4.3.1 Waste-Pickers and Pastiwalas 27 4.3.2 Pithawalas 28 4.3.3 Pithawalas/ Wholesalers at Dumpsite 31 4.3.4 Wholesalers/ Assorters 34 4.3.5 Recyclers 35 4.4 CONCLUSION 37 5. CONCLUSION: THE POSSIBLE APPROACH 41 5.1 COMPARISON OF VARIOUS SCENARIOS OF PWM IN INDIAN CONTEXT 41 5.2 INTEGRATION OF INFORMAL SECTOR INTO PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT 42 6. REFERENCES 49
700			_aIyer, Mona (Guide)
891			_a2010 Batch
891			_aFP-PG
999			_c51508 _d51508