Big Business Devanshi Chanchani A ‘dry waste collection centre’ that gets a dedicated supply of city waste from the municipal corporation provides an important livelihood opportunity for the entrepreneur running it, and for the workers they employ. Recyclable material, or ‘dry waste’ is carefully segregated by hand into numerous categories, a process indispensable to make recycling possible. Civil society organisations have worked to raise the status of workers at the bottom of the informal recycling chain, and many workers now recognise their work as being that of ‘ecowarriors’ who play a critical role in protecting the health of the planet.
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