Based on a representative survey and in-depth interviews with residents and other stakeholders, this book by Fernando and De Silva provides detailed insights into one such underserved settlement, referred to by the pseudonym of Ovita, located in the Colombo metropolitan area. The detailed study provides glimpses of more general political and social processes in Ovita (and other informal settlements in Sri Lanka) that are marked by patron-client relationships. Using the case of Ovita, Fernando and De Silva also describe waste management beyond the municipal system showing a case of social and environmental inequality and injustice in an underserved settlement while, pointing to problematic issues related to waste labor and human dignity. Given the detailed analysis and the novel insights into an underserved as well as understudied neighborhood, we trust that the present book will be useful for government authorities, civil society and grassroots actors, and private parties to improve solid waste management in informal settlements in Sri Lanka and to improve the working conditions of both formal and informal waste workers.