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India generates around 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day. Only about 60 percent of this waste is formally collected. The rest ends up in rivers, drains, landfills, or open dumps. Much of it is handled by an informal workforce of 1.5 to 4 million waste pickers who work before dawn in cities and towns. These rag pickers in India informal sector sort through household garbage, hospital waste, construction debris, and toxic industrial runoff without protective gear, health