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

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Title:	Conserving Environment and Creating Employment: Ripple Effects of the Recycling Industry
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Authors:	Pandey, Nisha Sharma, Deepti
Keywords:	Ecopreneurship
Issue Date:	18-Feb-2015
Publisher:	Bookwell Delhi
Series/Report no.:	Eleventh Biennial Conference;S.No. 140
Abstract:	Thisstudy exploresthe dynamics of the plastic waste recycling industry at Dharavi, Mumbai. Despite being of immense economic importance, this sectoris 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.
Description:	Ecopreneurship
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/151
ISBN:	9789380574783
Appears in Collections:	Ecopreneurship

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