Unleashing Waste-Pickers’ Potential: Supporting Recycling Cooperatives in Santiago de Chile
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.08.016
Abstract: Summary The informal economy currently provides two out of three jobs worldwide, with waste-picking activities providing employment for millions of the poorest of society. Moreover, waste-picking could provide a sustainable solution for solving the waste… read more here.
Keywords: waste; waste picking; cooperatives santiago; santiago chile ... See more keywords
Characteristics, challenges and innovations of waste picker organizations: A comparative perspective between Latin American and East African countries
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265889
Abstract: Waste picker organisations (WPOs) around the globe collect, transport and process waste to earn their living but represent a widely excluded, marginalised and impoverished segment of society. WPOs are highly innovative, created by grassroots out… read more here.
Keywords: innovations waste; waste picker; challenges innovations; picker organizations ... See more keywords