System of Neglect

03 Jul

It is difficult to navigate Delhi by foot because many of its sidewalks are buried in trash. The only ones willing to sort through the garbage littering Delhi’s streets are wastepickers who form the lowest level of the informal recycling system. As beneficial as wastepickers are, however, their livlihood is being threatened as the Delhi government considers privatizing waste collection, thereby depriving ppor wastepickers of their sole source of income. Read Paul’s blog.

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Posted Jul 3rd, 2008

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