Mumbai Becomes the Super Hub for Recycling Efforts
Jul 10
Every day in Dharavi, you see people that were previously unemployed, filtering through the garbage to pull out recyclable items and sell to the companies who will process the recycling. These are then sold to businesses that re-use the plastics, metal and recyclable items into products that are new. Tons of trucks show up every day to the dump at Dharavi, bringing in new shipments of items to be scavenged through, examined and all of the materials that can be recycled, pulled out, sold and reused. Many of the trucks delivering the waste contain items that were previously recycled, used and now thrown away again.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/02/world/interactive.mumbai.slums.sustainability/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. It’s the true proof of human ingenuity when we are faced with an almost overwhelming problem and little money, we come up with brilliance.
July 9th, 2013 at 7:02 pmJust goes to show that it doesn’t take a board room full of executives, a thousand meetings and high tech to think of something that can work. We waste a lot of time and effort trying to come up with the best ways to do something and Mumbai figured a way to help themselves and get their community pride back.
July 8th, 2013 at 10:01 amThis would be a great idea for any of the cities in the U.S. I know it would take a lot of coordinating, but these are the kinds of things that can get people to work, get them off of the street and let them have some dignity; while at the same time cleaning everything up.
July 7th, 2013 at 6:32 pmWouldn’t it be a gas to see this in New York City? If you were ever present when the waste management people went on strike, you would know how quickly the trash piles up. The homeless people that need the most help could be a distinct resource to help things along. Wonder if the Mayor knows about this project?
July 6th, 2013 at 1:34 pm