• Dr. Sushmita Devi
• Dr. Binoo Sehgal

Economic development, urbanization and improved living standards in cities contribute to an increase in the quantity and quality of waste/scrap generated by people. Scrap collectors, commonly called kabadiwalas / raddiwalas come to the doorstep of homes, purchase high value recyclable waste / scrap and sell large quantities of well-sorted clean material at a higher price to a scrap trader who sells it to the recycling plants. Current paper covered the knowledge of the respondents regarding segregation, safety and assessment the knowledge after imparting information. The sample comprised of 100 scrap collectors who were randomly selected from four districts of Haryana state i.e. Hisar, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, and Charkhi Dadri. The results reveal that majority of the scrap collectors (43.00 %) were between 30-35 years of age, were married (66.00 %), were educated up to primary class (55.00 %), were illiterate (24.00 %), belonged to schedule caste (90.00 %). It was further found that majority of the respondents (41.00 %) were collecting scrap for the last 10-15 years followed by group (37.00 %) who are working as scrap collectors for the last 5 to 10 years and (12.00 %) of the respondents working from last 15-20 years as scrap collectors. Research showed gain in knowledge regarding different aspect like knowledge about different color of dustbin, hazardous waste, ill-effects, harms, disposal of hazardous waste and knowledge about safety measures.

scrap, knowledge, hazardous, scrap collector, segregation, safety

"Gain in knowledge of the scrap collectors about the segregation and safety.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no.e406-e414, August-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408439.pdf

"Gain in knowledge of the scrap collectors about the segregation and safety.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no. ppe406-e414, August-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408439.pdf