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Letters: How to reduce garbage

People migrating to cities from villages live in disagreeable conditions

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Anjuli Bhargava’s piece, “What rubbish is this?” (May 16), strikes upon the right issue. Garbage management is a big challenge for urban development. People migrating to cities from villages live in disagreeable conditions, which includes garbage. While the piece talks about the accumulation of garbage and blames government agencies, it remains silent on the spending habit of citizens, especially the educated and the affluent.
 
A moot point in garbage management is unnecessary packaging by manufacturers to make their products look attractive in retail stores. A 100-gram biscuit packet has three layers of plastic packaging. Such indiscriminate packaging gives rise