Conserving Environment and Creating Employment: Ripple Effects of the Recycling Industry

By: Pandey, Nisha
Contributor(s): Sharma, Deepti
Material type: ArticleArticlePublisher: 2015Description: 1367 - 1378Subject(s): Economic Impact Multiplier | Ripple Effects | Dharavi | Socioeconomic Challenges | Waste Recycling Industry | Msmes | Ecopreneurship | Entrepreneurship Unbound | Entrepreneurship | Eleventh Biennial Conference On Entrepre | Biennial Conference PapersOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Dinesh Awasthi, Ganapathi BatthiniSummary: This study explores the dynamics of the plastic waste recycling industry at Dharavi, Mumbai. Despite being of immense economic importance, this sector is yet to be investigated in thorough detail. Dharavi is a thriving hub of 10-15000small-scale industrial units, including waste recycling, pottery, leather tanning, shoemaking, textile and bakery. This study is based on primary and secondary data regarding the plastic waste recycling units in Dharavi, with special stress on its ripple effect on employment and indirect economic activities. The ripple effect creates some induced impacts. The induced impacts are based on changes in income that occur from direct and indirect economic activity.
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This study explores the dynamics of the plastic waste recycling industry at Dharavi, Mumbai. Despite being of immense economic importance, this sector is yet to be investigated in thorough detail. Dharavi is a thriving hub of 10-15000small-scale industrial units, including waste recycling, pottery, leather tanning, shoemaking, textile and bakery. This study is based on primary and secondary data regarding the plastic waste recycling units in Dharavi, with special stress on its ripple effect on employment and indirect economic activities. The ripple effect creates some induced impacts. The induced impacts are based on changes in income that occur from direct and indirect economic activity.

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