… Obviously they don’t make a wealth out of waste, but mostly a living out of waste. The industry is one full cycle starting from picking garbages, sorting and selling them, transporting and reselling them to recyclers. Actually they clean the nation and avoid garbage dumping in many ways, if not for them, the civic body would be still reeling under pressure for garbage segregation and re-use.

One such person packing the segregated garbage and transporting to the wholesale buyer before recycling @ Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore.