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
“We live and we do this work”: Women waste pickers’ experiences of wellbeing in Ahmedabad, India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105253
Abstract: Abstract This study explores women waste pickers’ perceptions and embodied experiences of wellbeing in Ahmedabad, India. Waste pickers are self-employed urban workers who collect and sell recyclable materials on an informal basis and experience an… read more here.
Keywords: women waste; ahmedabad india; wellbeing ahmedabad; experiences wellbeing ... See more keywords
Stop treating waste pickers like garbage: An autoethnography on informal waste picking in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2201328
Abstract: ABSTRACT There are almost 8 billion people on the planet with every single one of them producing some type of waste. The cost of recycling and money made by selling recyclable products has created a… read more here.
Keywords: waste pickers; waste; garbage; waste picking ... See more keywords
Examining vulnerability in a dynamic urban setting: the case of Bangalore’s interstate migrant waste pickers
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DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1531745
Abstract: ABSTRACT Understanding the causality of vulnerability is difficult to do and consequently has received insufficient attention. Root causes of vulnerability need to be understood and addressed to support adaptation that addresses climate risk and inequality.… read more here.
Keywords: case; examining vulnerability; vulnerability; vulnerability dynamic ... See more keywords
Waste pickers in the informal economy of the Global South: included or excluded?
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DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-01-2016-0006
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the role and practices of informal waste pickers and the implications for waste management policy in urban contexts of the Global South. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative… read more here.
Keywords: waste; waste management; global south; sociology ... See more keywords
P.3.21 Predictors of health perception among waste pickers in landfill sites in johannesburg municipality, south africa
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DOI: 10.1136/oem-2019-epi.280
Abstract: Background In South Africa, waste is disposed in landfill sites where waste pickers collect recyclable waste. These informal workers are exposed to various health hazards. However, seeking health care is often determined by the individual’s… read more here.
Keywords: health; waste; among waste; landfill sites ... See more keywords
The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: The case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town
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DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2022/12456
Abstract: Waste pickers are widely acknowledged as an integral part of the formal and informal economy, diverting waste into the secondary resource economy through urban mining. Urban mining in itself is considered to be a source… read more here.
Keywords: urban mining; waste pickers; waste; cape town ... See more keywords
From Waste Pickers to Producers: An Inclusive Circular Economy Solution through Development of Cooperatives in Waste Management
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DOI: 10.3390/su13168925
Abstract: The world’s global plastics waste crisis demands policy coordination and technological solutions to improve waste management systems, and organizations worldwide have created momentum around the concept of a circular economy. This paper advances a holistic,… read more here.
Keywords: waste; waste management; inclusive circular; circular economy ... See more keywords