Segregated waste – basic gyanClassification, sale prices, how each is recycled or reused

Sale prices for various items

Item Price, Rs. / kg. Remarks

Bought by small scrap dealers

Paper

White paper 8

Newspaper English 7

Newspaper Others 6

Cardboard carton 6

Magazines 4

Glass

Glass liquor bottles (other than beer) 1

Glass beer bottles 2 Per bottle

Small glass bottles and broken glass 0.5

Plastic

Bottles 10

Milk sachets 14

Shopping bags 3

Transparent covers with printing on them 3

Transparent covers without printing 10

Thick plastic pieces (buckets, etc.) 15

Metal

Metal pieces 13

Soft drink cans 30

Others

Footwear 3

Bought by ITC

Miscellaneous thin plastic 3

Miscellaneous paper 2

What is what, and goes whereData on 'what goes where' is mostly not available now, will be updated as more gyan comes in.

This is what a scrap dealer's shop looks like. Old plastic bottles and jerry cans are hung outside to identify the shop as a scrap dealer. You'll find such shops in all localities.

This shop is in RT Nagar.Owner : Mr. Kannan. 9986169198 / 9886479520

Small (non-beer) liquor bottles.Caps taken off, rest of the bottle goes back to firm that makes the liquor, washed, refilled, used again.

White paper

Plastic bottles

Thick plastic pieces

Miscellaneous thin plastic

Miscellaneous paper

Soft drink cans

Cardboard cartons