Surviving from garbage: the role of informal waste-pickers in a dynamic model of solid-waste management in developing countries

In developing countries, informal waste-pickers (known as scavengers) play an important role in solid waste management systems, acting in a parallel way to formal waste collection and disposal agents. Scavengers collect, from the streets, dumpsites, or landfills, re-usable and recyclable material th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environment and development economics 2006-06, Vol.11 (3), p.371-391
Hauptverfasser:	MORENO-SÁNCHEZ, ROCÍO DEL PILAR, MALDONADO, JORGE HIGINIO
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Consumption Developing countries Development economics Economic models Informal economy Landfills LDCs Materials recovery Natural resources Population Recyclable materials Recycling Scavengers Simulation Society Solid waste management Solid wastes Studies Tax subsidies Taxation Waste disposal Waste disposal sites Waste management
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