1. Mucking it up.
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INFORMAL sector , *RAGPICKERS , *SOLID waste management , *WASTE recycling , *LANDFILLS , *MUNICIPAL government - Abstract
The article focuses on India's informal economy and the difficulty Indian cities have had in reforming its solid waste management system. It mentions India's waste management system which uses ragpickers to recycle waste and comments on its inefficiency. It states that India's municipal governments are responsible for solid-waste management and talks about the difficulty Delhi has had in finding new landfills due to legal challengers from ragpickers and local residents.
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- 2014