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It also called for inclusion of representatives of waste-pickers to formulate plans for solid waste management, which is prescribed in the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016. Environmentalists Yellappa Reddy and Suresh Heblikar felicitating Myriam Shankar, member of Solid Waste Management Round Table, at Hasiru Habba at Freedom Park on Friday. We surveyed 15 colonies of waste-pickers, including Jolly Mohalla and Nayandahalli,” said Pinky Chandran, one of the authors and member of the Solid Waste Management Round Table. The organisation presented a memorandum to the government demanding a Resource Recovery and Recycling policy that would integrate informal workers in the waste management sector. This would not have been possible without waste-pickers, who despite helping the civic body save crores of rupees, have yet to be completely integrated into the waste management process..