{"id":156732,"date":"2021-12-28T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=156732"},"modified":"2021-12-28T19:10:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:40:05","slug":"what-is-the-significance-of-the-wastepickers-to-indias-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-significance-of-the-wastepickers-to-indias-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the significance of the wastepickers to India&#8217;s economy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Significance of waste pickers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>They form the base of a pyramid that includes scrap dealers, aggregators and re-processors which has helped large producers to internalise the plastic waste management costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; By diverting waste towards recycling and reuse, waste pickers also subsidise local governments responsible for solid waste management<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; They reduce the amount of waste accumulating in cities, water bodies and dumpsites<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>The SBM Plastic Waste Book attributes India\u2019s high recycling rate to this informal sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Significance of waste pickers &#8211; They form the base of a pyramid that includes scrap dealers, aggregators and re-processors which has helped large producers to internalise the plastic waste management costs. &#8211; By diverting waste towards recycling and reuse, waste pickers also subsidise local governments responsible for solid waste management. &#8211; They reduce the amount&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-significance-of-the-wastepickers-to-indias-economy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the significance of the wastepickers to India&#8217;s economy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156732","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}