Solid Waste Management and Recycling

284 METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX

RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES USED FOR ANALYSING TRADE AND RECYCLING SECTORS:

INORGANIC AND ORGANIC WASTE

Theme 2 and 3 concerned the trade and recycling sectors utilizing inorganic and
organic waste. For recycling and trade in inorganic materials, the main actors defined
were: recycling entrepreneurs, wholesalers, dealers, employees of the different enter-
prises, itinerant buyers, dump pickers, and street waste pickers (also households and
maids, but these were included in the survey for theme 1).

The main aspects covered in the study were:

• viability of the recycling activities at the enterprise/unit/individual level (costs,
  prices, and turnover, profits);


• volumes of raw materials recovered (and products made);


• forward and backward linkages between pickers, traders, and recycling units in
  the commodity chain;

Table 1. Sampling design for field study on theme 1

Actors Nairobi Hyderabad

Foreseen Actual Foreseen Actual

Private contractors 10 10 10 20

Private contractor
employees

20 34 20 40

Residents:
High-income:
Middle-income:
Low-income
Slum/illegal

30

30

30

30

29

38

32

29

30

30

30

30

60

60

60

60

Key waste
generators:
Hotels
Schools
Markets
Hospitals
Slaughterhouses

5

5

3

3

5

5

3

3

12

15

10

8

12

11

8

8

2

Key people in org.:
Politicians:
CBOs:
NGOs:

3

15

3

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  • 4
  
  
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Note: the total number of slaughterhouses in Hyderabad is 5, and the total number of markets 38.