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
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