Solid Waste Management and Recycling

TRADE AND RECYCLING OF INORGANIC SOLID WASTE IN HYDERABAD 155

Table App. 7.3. Percentage of paper waste purchased by wholesale

tradersfrom different agents (last week) by size of unit (Quantity in Kgs)

Size of the unit
(No. of
workers)

Street/Dump

site waste

pickers

Itinerant

buyers

Retail

traders

Government

offices

Others Total

1 – 5

6 – 10

11 – 15
16 – 21

455

(0.6)

700

(0.2)

• 15,000 (15.0)

1,400

(2.2)

7,000

(1.8)

• 35,000
  (35.0)

65,450

(96.7)

230,300

(60.2)

• 50,000
  (50.0)


• 
  

1,400

(0.4)

• 
  


• 
  

350 (0.5)

143,500

(37.4)

• 
  


• 
  

67,655

(100)

382,900

(100)

• 100,000
  (100)

Total = 11 16,155
(2.9)

43,400

(7.9)

345,750

(62.8)

1,400

(0.3)

143,850

(26.1)

550,55

(100)

Source: Field Survey

Table App. 7.4. Percentage of plastic waste purchased by wholesale Traders from different

agents (last week) by size of unit (quantity in Kgs)

Size of the

unit (No. of

workers)

Street/Dump site

waste pickers Itinerant

buyers

Retail

traders

Government

offices Others Total

1 – 5

6 – 10

11 – 15
16 – 21

357

(1.9)

• 
  


• 
  


• 
  

350

(1.9)

• 
  


• 
  


• 
  

16,205

(90.3)

21,000

(100)

• 
  


• 
  
  
  
  • 
    
  
  
  • 
    
  
  
  • 
    
  
  
  • 
    
  
  
  
  

1,050

(5.9)

• 
  


• 
  


• 
  

17,962

(100)

21,000

(100)

• 
  


• 
  

Total = 7 357
(0.9)

350

(0.8)

37,205

(95.5)

• 1,050
  (2.8)

38,962

(100)

Source: Field Survey