This notwithstanding, some individuals are active in the recovery of thin high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastics used to package drinking water. There is no separation of waste at source, and therefore plastics, metals, bottles, organics, ash and other wastes are disposed off as com-ingled waste. Also due to the non-existence of resource recovery programmes, residents neither have the incentive nor see the need to recycle their waste materials (Fig. 2).