Hair for wigs, feed for cattle: Things that came from East Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill site
Source: Hindustan Times, Date: , 2017
Source:
Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Sep 4, 2017:- The
Ghazipur landfill was not just a source of sustenance for the local rag
pickers, but also used to support an entire ecosystem of other small scale
businesses– from local dairies to wig industry – that had evolved around it
over the past three decades. “Most of the things which you discard are valuable
to us. It could be half-eaten roti (bread) or your hair, which falls off, and
you just throw it in the waste bin. They ultimately reach the dumping yard and
we collect them to sell them off,” said Angina Begum, 50.