Opportunity and Income Viability of Scrap Dealers – A Case Study in Puducherry

Abstract

Increasing modernization, urbanization and living habituate of the human’s will cause the higher waste generation. In this case scrap dealers are playing an major role in the solid waste management. The scrap dealers are buying waste from the households, rag pickers, shops and directly selling into the Whole sellers or the recycling industries. The advancement of technologies waste has been utilized for raw materials in many industries and also recycled or produced into different product. The stakeholder helps to control of the waste minimization and more support to the recycling process. In this business will help to improvise the livelihood of scrap dealer’s as well as improvised their business. The study was carried from the Puducherry urban centres and this paper seeks to assess the business and profit earnings of the scarp dealers from the different types of waste.