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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Waste pickers"”.
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Waste pickers in Bogotá : from informal practice to policy
Waste pickers constitute the base and most essential work force of the recycling business in Latin American cities. Waste pickers have overtaken this commercial and environmental task as a survival strategy long before the state and private entities became interested in participating in this …
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Employing developmental mentorship to enhance the livelihoods and entrepreneurial capabilities of waste pickers
Waste pickers are individuals who collect waste from household and commercial bins as well as at landfills. The vast majority are unskilled with a low-level of education. Waste pickers find themselves in poverty for various reasons associated with the South African economy and their life …
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Municipal regulation of food and waste pickers on landfill sites in South Africa: What should municipalities (dis)allow?
… for a meal. Collecting and retailing recyclable waste has become an informal source of income for thousands of people in South Africa. Waste pickers are individuals whose survival largely depends on collecting, sorting and selling recyclable waste. Waste pickers are defined as people who …
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Exploring expected roles and responsibilities of waste pickers and homeowners in the waste picker integration process: a case study
Informal waste collection in South Africa is carried out by some of society's most vulnerable individuals. Their work often operates in middle- and upper-class areas, where many homeowners have been found to hold negative perceptions towards street waste pickers and their work. In this …
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Stigma management in waste management: An investigation into the interactions of 'waste pickers' on the streets of Cape Town and the consequences for agency
Contemporary approaches to waste management in South Africa have been driven by a desire to modernise and cleanse urban public spaces. Even though street waste pickers provide a separation-at-source service, thereby minimising waste to landfill, these people and their work continue to be …
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Traditional revolution : formalizing the informal : a proposal for the "periphery urbanite" Lagos, Abuja & Port-Harcourt
… At the bottom of this network exist the Waste pickers also known as scavengers. Perceived as the poorest of the poor and marginal to mainstream economy and society.The individualistic nature of their activities makes them vulnerable to exploitation, but with people migrating to the city …
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Waste farm: a productive landscape for integrated waste management
… This calls for the city to re-imagine its waste management infrastructure. Meanwhile, within the urban areas of Cape Town, there exists a network and constellations of informal waste pickers working in conjunction with buy-back centres and recyclers to form an economically, environmentally …
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Strengthening informal supply chains : the case of recycling in Bandung, Indonesia
… economy, a large number of individuals work in waste picking and recycling. In Indonesia, up to 70% of all employment is within the informal economy. In Bandung, the nation's third largest city, there are estimated to be more than 3000 individuals working in the informal recycling sector as …
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Gestão de resíduos sólidos do município de João Pessoa/ PB: uma análise sobre as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos catadores de materiais recicláveis
The present study deals with the solid waste management policy of the municipality of João Pessoa, turning its attention to the collectors of recyclable materials that act as environmental agents. In order to do so, we have as general objective to investigate/analyze the difficulties faced by the …
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Building stability through decentralization : the environmental, economic, and ethical argument for informal sector collection and decentralized waste processing in urban India
… have led to increases in consumption and waste generation in all Indian cities. The current system, a mix of informal recyclables collection and centralized waste collection by the formal sector with much garbage still disposed of in unlined landfills, is at a point of crisis. With waste …
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Effectiveness of Waste Segregation in Enhancing Sustainable Management in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
This study examines the influence of source waste segregation on the sustainable management of waste in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The study aimed to assess existing waste segregation practices, identify the socio-economic and demographic factors influencing these practices, and propose strategies …
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Unjust Profit: Moral Economies of Recycling and Migration in Urban Turkey
… who or what should profit from the city’s waste. Based on twelve months of fieldwork in a peripheral Istanbul district, it proposes that labour encounters between foreign migrants and citizens are key sites where new moral understandings of work, profit, and citizenship are produced. The …
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Towards a sustainable municipal solid waste management in Abuja, Nigeria: enhancing the informal sector
… of the informal sector, principally the informal waste pickers (IWPs) and proposed ways of enhancing their activities towards achieving sustainable municipal solid waste management practices in Abuja, Nigeria. Although the activities of the IWPs play a vital role in the delivery of waste …
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Recovering Requeche and Classifying Clasificadores: An Ethnography of Hygienic Enclosure and Montevideo’s Waste Commons
… as experienced through the lives and labour of waste-pickers around Uruguay’s largest landfill, Felipe Cardoso. These workers are known as clasificadores [classifiers] in recognition of their role separating whatever can be recovered from the waste stream from that which cannot. Conducted from a …
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Stree Mukti Sanghatana : exploring the work of an Indian NGO through gender, economy, and civil society
… the organization's role as a supporter of female waste pickers. There are many parallels between my own journey and that of SMS, as it continues to expand its mission and engage with new communities. Combining my experience with the knowledge of other participants and researchers, I analyzed the …
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Transforming waste management systems through location tracking and data sharing
… technologies can transform municipal solid waste management in smart cities. While waste is often tracked in aggregate as it flows between and through handling facilities, there have been few attempts to follow individual trash items geographically using GPS and web-based mapping. Such data …
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Circular Economy strategies of social enterprises in Lagos: a case study approach
… a case study strategy, nine SEs operating in the waste sector in Lagos were studied by triangulating the data obtained from in-depth interviews, documents, and archival records. This study demonstrates practical CE implementation examples as findings from the data analysis shows how SEs are …
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An evaluation of strategic management of landfill sites: A case study of Thohoyandou Block J. landfill site, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province
… site in terms of its efficiency in disposing waste, adherence to rules and procedures and the overall management of the site are the key areas of this study. The dominant types and sources of solid waste disposed at the TBJ landfill site, efficiency and effectiveness of operation of TBJ …
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Municipal solid-waste collection and disposal management using geospatial techniques in Maseru City, Lesotho
… techniques plays a crucial role in solid waste management. Collection and transportation of solid waste must be done in an efficient manner to avoid negative environmental impacts. At the time of study, there are no collection and routing system in Maseru City, leading to haphazard …
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LOW BACK DISODERS AMONG WASTE COLLECTION WORKERS: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS
Background Waste workers’ activities are an important component of the waste management industry. As the sector evolves reports of injuries and fatal accidents in the industry demand notice, particularly common and debilitating musculoskeletal disorders such as low back disorders (LBD). Objectives …