Discuss the economics of waste generation with suitable examples in your locality

Waste generation in urban areas of India will be 0.7 kg per person per day in 2025, approximately four to six times higher than in 1999. According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India currently generates 62 million tons of waste (both recyclable and non–recyclable) every year, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. Solid waste, plastic waste and E-waste are the principal waste materials.

Waste collection and disposal involves different actors at every stage. The waste generated at home is collected by the garbage collector (contracted out or appointed by the Residents’ Welfare Association [RWA] or the Urban Local Body [ULB], who then dumps it at the dhalao (community bin). The ULB then collects the waste from these dhalaos. The figure below depicts the various institutions involved in waste management (Figure 1). Before the waste is picked up, recyclables are salvaged by ragpickers from the dhalaos. 

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