Estimates for the number of informal waste workers vary across different regions and globally:
- Globally:
Approximately 56 million people are estimated to work in unhygienic
and precarious conditions collecting, sorting, and disposing of waste,
with 15 million of them in developing countries. Waste pickers
globally outnumber official waste workers by four to one and are
responsible for collecting over half of all plastic that gets recycled.
- In
Nepal and Kathmandu Valley:
- Studies
have estimated the number of IWWs in the Kathmandu Valley to be between 7,000
and 15,000.
- As
of 2018, Kathmandu was estimated to have between 10,000 and 15,000
waste scavengers.
- Another
report suggests approximately 15,000 to 20,000 informal waste
workers operate in Kathmandu.
- Data
also indicates roughly 5,000 informal waste centers, averaging 5
persons each, totaling 25,000 informal waste workers in Kathmandu
Valley, aligning with figures for collectors or cycle hawkers.
- Every
day, an estimated 19,000 informal waste workers navigate the
streets, landfills, and scrap centers of Kathmandu Valley.
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