Summary
It provides a daily collection service for household waste. India is signing on to a Western model of fast foods and throw-away consumer items (diapers, razors, disposable cameras), so that the garbage is mounting in alarming heaps all over the landscape.
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The Trash Man Cometh
My kitchen window overlooks a vacant lot. Like other vacant lots in India, it is covered with plastic bags, old shoes, broken glass, newspapers, and rotting food. Scavengers visit it regularly, some of them as young as six or seven. They collect whatever might be sold or recycl...
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