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As my research on climate and wastepickers progresses, I’ve been working with Chintan to identify several areas in Delhi that might serve as case studies of local recycling efforts and their relationship to emissions reductions. The volume and composition of waste recycled by wastepickers in a specific geographical area is probably the most crucial bit of information in any attempt to account for their climate change mitigation work, so we’ve decided to begin in the areas with the best waste data. Last week, AP Peace Fellow Jacqui Kotyk and I visited one such area, Chintan’s micro-recycling center on the outskirts of the city. Check out the video below:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhEk2j9aT8
Posted By Ted Mathys
Posted Jul 17th, 2009
2 Comments
manfred
July 17, 2009
wow, very informative.
there still a few questions for me:
does the recycling center have to pay for the waste, or do they get it for free?
it seemed the bottles are all the same and used only once. How representative is this for the india recycling market?
hope you can help me, thx.
great project
Ted Mathys
July 20, 2009
Hi, Manfred
You are correct that the recycling unit must purchase the recyclables from the hotels. It seems perverse logic, but it really brings into focus the fact that waste is variously a burden and a resource. The hotels know they can sell the recyclables to competitive players, so Chintan has to jockey vis-a-vis other buyers.