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Engineering, Environmental
Alejandra Gomez-Maldonado, Laura Catalina Ospina-Espita, Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, Mayra Alejandra Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Summary: Low-and middle-income countries lack research on waste management initiatives and informal sector issues. This article focuses on waste pickers' role and their transition from informal to formal work in the Latin American context. The study in Colombia, which promotes a formalization pathway for waste picker organizations, utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the barriers and opportunities for waste pickers' formalization.
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Engineering, Environmental
Gabriel Andari Kristanto, Dini Kemala, Paras Ac Nandhita
Summary: This study conducted an analysis of the informal recycling sector in five cities in Indonesia, revealing economic motives as the primary driving factor for respondents, with male waste pickers earning higher incomes than female counterparts. It suggests further integration of the informal sector to promote the development of waste management systems.
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laura Neville, Luisa Fernanda Tovar Cortes
Summary: Colombia is a pioneer in inclusive recycling in Latin America, but over 60,000 waste pickers in the country are still struggling despite formalisation policies. This study compares the implementation of these policies and their impact on waste pickers in the cities of Bogota and Cartagena de Indias. The findings reveal that formalisation policies have led to various forms of dispossession for waste pickers, including material, socio-economic, bodily, spatial, political, and organisational.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gabriel Souza-Silva, Tara Rava Zolnikov, Paula Ladeira Ortolani, Vanessa Resende Nogueira Cruvinel, Sonia Maria Dias, Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol
Summary: The results of this meta-analysis show that waste pickers are vulnerable to hepatitis B and C infection, highlighting the importance of using personal protective equipment and immunizing workers.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Alice Libania S. Dias, Lisete Celina Lange, Aline Souza Magalhaes
Summary: This article introduces a method of compensating waste pickers in the informal sector of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, through a Payment for Urban Environmental Services (PUES) instrument called 'Recycling Exchange'. The study evaluates the impact of this instrument on waste diversion, reintroduction into the production chain, and recognition of waste pickers' contributions to the state's economy, showing positive outcomes.
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Shunsuke Sasaki, Yunhee Choi, Kohei Watanabe
Summary: The study revealed that waste pickers in Bekasi City, West Java, Indonesia, have lower household incomes compared to the legal minimum wage, especially for independent waste pickers. When there are multiple workers in a household, the per capita income is lower, but when there is only one worker, the income per capita can match the legal minimum wage.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ntobeko Mlotshwa, Tanya Dayaram, Asiphile Khanyile, Princess A. Sibanda, Kira Erwin, Tamlynn Fleetwood
Summary: Informal waste pickers play an important role in environmental sustainability and public health, but they often lack recognition and protection and face specific occupational hazards. This study explores the hazards faced by waste pickers in the streets of Durban, South Africa, and highlights their mitigation strategies. Understanding how local working conditions shape the occupational hazards of waste picking can help ensure access to social protection for these informal workers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Elizabeth C. Swart, Maria van der Merwe, Joy Williams, Frederick Blaauw, Jacoba M. M. Viljoen, Catherina J. Schenck
Summary: This study investigated the nutritional status, dietary intake, and dietary diversity of waste pickers in South Africa. The findings revealed that waste pickers had poor nutritional status with monotonous starch-based diets lacking vegetables and fruits. These results reflect their precarious economic status and highlight the need to improve access and affordability of nutritious food.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takunda Y. Chitaka, Thandazile Moyo, Katharina Gihring, Catherina Schenck
Summary: Waste pickers play a significant role in diverting waste into the secondary resource economy through urban mining. However, their livelihoods are not solely dependent on e-waste picking due to low incomes and hazardous working conditions.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
(2022)
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Development Studies
Ana Julieth Calderon Marquez, Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima Cano, Emilia Wanda Rutkowski
Summary: The article explores the challenges and strengths of public policies on integrating waste pickers in waste management systems in Colombia and Brazil. Despite facing obstacles, significant achievements have been made, providing valuable insight for other countries interested in similar initiatives. A roadmap for the organization and formalization of waste pickers has been developed, serving as a source of information for policymakers in emerging economies.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Davide Carbonai, Marco Checchi, Luiz Lentz Junior
Summary: This article examines the self-organized collectives of waste pickers in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, combining quantitative data with interviews and ethnographic observations. The emergence of these collectives reflects their resistance to the precarious infrastructures they operate in and the socio-economic inequalities that affect their lives. The author argues that these practices of collective resistance are expansive and creative, forming alliances within the community and transforming urban ecologies into sustainable waste management systems.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-POLITICS AND SPACE
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Mingxue Ma, Vivian WY. Tam, Khoa N. Le, Robert Osei-Kyei
Summary: The significant increase in construction activities has resulted in a large amount of construction and demolition waste, with recycling being considered the ideal solution. However, the slow adoption of recycled concrete is mainly due to quality and price concerns. Investigating the factors affecting the price of recycled concrete is crucial for controlling the price and improving its financial viability.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Virology
Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Veronica Dayali Gutierrez-Martinez, Eda Guadalupe Ramirez-Valles, Antonio Sifuentes-Alvarez
Summary: This study revealed waste pickers as a high-risk group for HEV infection, with factors associated with HEV exposure including illness status and reflex impairment.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Xubo Huang, Joseph T. Glessner, Jinxia Huang, Desheng Zhou, Michael E. March, Hongna Wang, Qianghua Xia, Hakon Hakonarson, Jin Li
Summary: The study identified novel shared susceptibility loci to HBV and HCV infection, revealing their critical role in modulating autophagy signaling and immune response.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Jutta Gutberlet, Santiago Sorroche, Angela Martins Baeder, Patrik Zapata, Maria Jose Zapata Campos
Summary: Informed by grassroots learning and educational practices, waste picker organizations and movements play a crucial role in raising public awareness and promoting recycling as well as sustainable waste governance. They act as insurgent citizens and environmental stewards in transforming waste practices towards a more sustainable future.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Water Resources
Shoaib Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry, Muhammad Adnan Iqbal
EXPOSURE AND HEALTH
(2016)
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Environmental Sciences
Asma Majeed, Syeda Adila Batool, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry
WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fatima Khanum, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry, Prashant Kumar
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH
(2017)
