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Of poverty and plastic : scavenging and scrap trading entrepreneurs in India's urban informal economy.

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This book documents & analyses the various facets of labouring lives at different levels of the value chain in the waste scavenging & plastic recycling sector. It links the economic social, & political factors that structure the well-being agency, & activities of actors operating in...

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Main Author: Gill, Kaveri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Recycling industry > India.
Plastic scrap > India.
Plastic scrap > Economic aspects > India.
Plastics > Recycling > Economic aspects > India.
Plastics industry and trade > India.
Poverty > India.
India > Economic conditions.
Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) > Industrie > Inde.
Matières plastiques > Déchets > Inde.
Matières plastiques > Déchets > Aspect économique > Inde.
Matières plastiques > Recyclage > Aspect économique > Inde.
Matières plastiques > Industrie > Inde.
Pauvreté > Inde.
Inde > Conditions économiques.
Economic history
Plastic scrap
Plastics industry and trade
Poverty
Recycling industry
India
Abfallwirtschaft
Armut
Kunststoffabfall
Recycling
Delhi
Indien
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Summary:This book documents & analyses the various facets of labouring lives at different levels of the value chain in the waste scavenging & plastic recycling sector. It links the economic social, & political factors that structure the well-being agency, & activities of actors operating in this informal economy.
Item Description:Print version9780198060864.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 280 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199080175
0199080178