Abstract
Management of
solid waste is a serious issue for the fast growing metropolis of Dhaka. As the demand of recyclable products is
increasing day by day in order to save resource and energy, informal waste
pickers/scavengers play an important role in the waste recycling process of
Dhaka. Waste recovery and recycling are
carried out by underprivileged people and that’s why social and health issues
are now considered as the integral part of the solid waste management for
developing a sustainable society. The
study helps us to identify the current amount of municipal waste generation and
their effects on the environment, collection of inorganic waste by the
scavengers, how the recycling chain formed at the city and environmental and
socio-economic problems related with recycling and recovery processes.
