Abstract: This study deals with the scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in Southern Lahore. Data was gathered from 325 different scavengers, junkshops and middlemen. Waste generation rate in Allama Iqbal town is 0.80 kg per capita per day. In researched area and other cities of Pakistan there is no formal sorting of waste and this activity is mainly in the hands of informal sector of which scavengers are major stakeholders. Korreywalas, Pheriwalas, waste pickers, street pickers and dumpsite pickers are different types of scavengers. Scavengers have different socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics. Males and females of all ages, poor refugees, migrants and minorities are involved in the recovery of waste recyclables. Read “Scavengers and their role in the recycling of waste in Southwestern Lahore”
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