Solid Waste Management and Recycling

TRADE AND RECYCLING OF INORGANIC SOLID WASTE IN HYDERABAD 157

Table App. 7.7. Percentage of paper waste purchased by retail traders by size of unit (last

week) (quantity in Kgs)

Size of the
unit (No. of
workers)

Number

of units

Street/Dump

site waste

pickers

Itinerant

buyers

Retail

traders

Others Total

1 – 3
4 – 6
7 – 9

46

8

1

4,149 (27.4)

595 (32.9)

2,730 (48.8)

954 (63.1)

752 (41.6)

2,870 (51.2)

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• 
  


• 
  

1,435 (9.5)

462 (25.5)

• 
  

15,127 (100)

1,809 (100)

5,600 (100)

Total 55 7,474 (33.2) 13,165 (58.4) - 1,897 (8.4) 22,536 (100)

Source: Field Survey

Table App. 7.8. Percentage of plastic waste purchased by retail traders by size of unit (last

week) (quantity in Kgs)

Size of the

unit (No. of

workers)

Number

of units

Street/Dump

site waste

pickers

Itinerant

buyers

Retail

traders

Others Total

1 – 3
4 – 6
7 – 9

46

8

1

283 (11.5)

105 (11.7)

70 (14.2)

1,801 (72.9)

791 (88.3)

420 (85.7)

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• 
  


• 
  

385 (15.6)

• 
  


• 
  

2,469 (100)

896 (100)

490 (100)

Total 55 458 (11.9) 3,012 (78.2) - 385 (9.9) 3,855 (100)

Source: Field Survey

Table App. 7.9. Percentage of metal purchased by retail traders by size of unit (last week)

(quantity in Kgs)

Size of the

unit (No. of

workers)

Number

of units

Street/Dump

site waste

pickers

Itinerant

buyers

Retail

traders

Others Total

1 – 3
4 – 6
7 – 9

46

8

1

2,605 (14.3)

500 (18.2)

• 
  

7,305 (39.9)

1,949 (709)

• 
  

7,490 (409)

• 
  


• 
  

890 (4.1)

301 (10.9)

• 
  

18,290 (100)

2,750 (100)

• 
  

Total 55 3,105 (14.8) 9,254 (43.9) 7,490(35.6) 1,191 (3.7) 21,040 (100)

Source: Field Survey