Traditionally in Bangladesh, small-scale picking, sorting, cleaning,trading and processing of inorganic recyclables is tolerated without official authorization of the authorities. There is a mutual understanding that the informal recycling sector helps reduce amounts of waste, which this way do not need to be transported and landfilled by the Municipalities. Estimates of total generated solid waste being recycled by the informal sector range from 4% to 15% (MoEF, 2010b).