And businesses must now pay billions to have their waste collected.

The cost of collecting waste, if it were mandatory, would be too high for many businesses.

In 1957, the city's burden had seemed to ease when it stopped collecting commercial waste.

Social organizations have estimated that up to 1.3 million Indians collect such waste.

If companies cannot collect waste, other systems, such as recycling sites, for example, must be made available to consumers.

They may also collect commercial waste if requested to do so, but are not obliged to provide this service.

How often do you need your waste collected (really)?

It is estimated that there are 1 million people making a livelihood off collecting waste.

In a few cases such multi-utilities also collect solid waste and provide local telephone services.

Regularly, afternoons were used to collect waste for recycling from individual households.