Recycling Associativity as a Sustainable Development Strategy

This work is framed within the concept of sustainable development as a model that seeks to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work framed within the environmental, economic and social axes. The research analyze the characteristics...

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Autores: Cajamarca, Edisson, Alvarado , Geovanna, Vázquez, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Estudios de la Gestión
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/3662
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/eg/article/view/3662
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Asociatividad
Reciclaje
Desarrollo económico sostenible
Ingreso
social
Associativity
Recycling
Sustainable economic development
Income
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Sumario:This work is framed within the concept of sustainable development as a model that seeks to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work framed within the environmental, economic and social axes. The research analyze the characteristics and conditions of waste pickers' associations in the city of Cuenca, in order to determine whether their formation is considered an adequate strategy for sustainable development or simply a survival strategy for vulnerable groups. The methodology used was descriptive, cross-sectional and exploratory, focusing on the study of 168 associated recyclers registered in EMAC-EP. The results show that collective sales in the associations is not an explanatory and influential variable in the level of income of an associated recycler. The main conclusion shows that associative recycling does not present features of efficiency, decent work and economic growth, despite having as a principle the inclusion of vulnerable groups, which does not provide guarantees that favor sustainable development.