Systems for managing municipal solid waste are typically ineffective in developing nations because of governments' deficient financial and administrative frameworks, poor rules, and a lack of suitable infrastructure and human resources. The informal sector plays an essential role in these systems by reprocessing waste into secondary raw materials, reducing collection and disposal costs, and, most importantly, benefiting the environment by avoiding incineration and landfilling. However, their actual contributions remain unknown. The present paper aims to understand the role of informal waste pickers (IWPs) in the waste management system of Guayaquil City and their environmental impact through the calculations of the carbon footprint (CF) avo...
The informal economy currently provides two out of three jobs worldwide, with waste-picking activiti...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
Social and spatial segregation structures in Latin America are perceived as processes for the select...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
MEDINA, Martin. The informal recycling sector in developing countries. Organizing waste pickers to e...
MEDINA, Martin. The informal recycling sector in developing countries. Organizing waste pickers to e...
PILAR MORENO-SÁNCHEZ, Rocio del. HIGINIO MALDONADO, Jorge. Surviving from garbage: the role of infor...
We analyze how the informal collectors and the formal sector co-exist in solid waste collection in K...
Recycling is an important part of the solid waste management system. However, community engagement i...
SUMMARY: Whilst in industrialized countries reasonable means are spent on refuse recycling and recla...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
This study assessed the role of waste picker sustainopreneurs (WPS) by examining their recycling con...
The informal economy currently provides two out of three jobs worldwide, with waste-picking activiti...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
Social and spatial segregation structures in Latin America are perceived as processes for the select...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
The implementation of waste selective collection (SC) schemes in low-income countries is a challenge...
MEDINA, Martin. The informal recycling sector in developing countries. Organizing waste pickers to e...
MEDINA, Martin. The informal recycling sector in developing countries. Organizing waste pickers to e...
PILAR MORENO-SÁNCHEZ, Rocio del. HIGINIO MALDONADO, Jorge. Surviving from garbage: the role of infor...
We analyze how the informal collectors and the formal sector co-exist in solid waste collection in K...
Recycling is an important part of the solid waste management system. However, community engagement i...
SUMMARY: Whilst in industrialized countries reasonable means are spent on refuse recycling and recla...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
This study assessed the role of waste picker sustainopreneurs (WPS) by examining their recycling con...
The informal economy currently provides two out of three jobs worldwide, with waste-picking activiti...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...
Bolivia faces increasing challenges with solid waste management. Rapid urbanisation and population g...