Recycling Livelihoods: a Global Network Supports Waste Pickers in Latin America
Beginning in March 2013, thousands of wastepickers have been getting paid for the tons of recyclable materials they collect every day from the streets of Bogotá. The Bogotá model for integrating waste pickers, through their organizations, into the existing municipal solid waste management is to be r...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Recursos: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.flacsoandes.edu.ec:10469/8250 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10469/8250 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | DESECHOS RECICLAJE AMÉRICA LATINA MUJERES EXCLUSIÓN SOCIAL BRASIL NICARAGUA |
| Resumo: | Beginning in March 2013, thousands of wastepickers have been getting paid for the tons of recyclable materials they collect every day from the streets of Bogotá. The Bogotá model for integrating waste pickers, through their organizations, into the existing municipal solid waste management is to be replicated across Colombia, according to a recent decision by the Ministry of Environment, showing what is possible when municipal governments decide to partner with waste pickers and their associations. |
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