A 10,000 sq. feet formal recycling unit in Noida with a capacity to process 500 tonnes annually. Since 2005 the unit has processed only 200 tonnes due to lack of collection mechanisms. Formal recyclers admit to tough competition from the unorganized secto
Formal recyclers like Attero’s Nitin Gupta complain about the polluting and hazardous nature of informal recycling units. Attero in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, was the first recycler in the country to be allowed to import and to use chemical processes to extrac
A scrap trader dealing in discarded cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors takes a nap in Mustafabad, Delhi. While reusable monitors sell for Rs 500, unusable ones are dismantled for glass, plastic, copper and circuit boards. The glass is often used as a base to