The 1.7 million Rag pickers of India: our real waste management experts!   New Delhi: reconsider the despise you felt for the ubiquitous rag pickers of all ages you see in India, wherever you go. These are the women, men, girls and boys of all ages who have the time to study your garbage closely with their practiced eyes. Where you just see piles of stinking garbage, they see a gold mine. These are the prospectors who manage the garbage in our small and big cities, recycling every single item known or unknown to be recyclable.  These rag pickers have their own ‘geography’ of the...