Waste-pickers – Salvaging the city’s garbage

The 2010 UN Habitat publication states that waste-pickers perform 50 to 100% of all ongoing waste collection in most cities in developing countries – at no cost to the city budget. How does it work for the waste-pickers in Bangalore?

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  1. Stanley Ravi says:

    If I do a find and replace the word
    W _ _ _ E with Human By – products,
    At home they are just
    – Kitchen By-products
    – Shopping By-products.
    Because everything is useful.
    Thank you.

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