| Title | From Waste Pickers to Producers: An Inclusive Circular Economy Solution through Development of Cooperatives in Waste Management |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 2484 |
| Authors | Buch, R; Marseille, A; Williams, M; Aggarwal, R; Sharma, A |
| Title | From Waste Pickers to Producers: An Inclusive Circular Economy Solution through Development of Cooperatives in Waste Management |
| Year | 2021 |
| Published | Sustainability, 13, 16 |
| Abstract | The world's global plastics waste crisis demands policy coordination and technological solutions to improve waste management systems, and organizations worldwide have created momentum around the concept of a circular economy. This paper advances a holistic, inclusive circular economy framework that aims to empower waste pickers with the following basic pillars: (1) build collaborative networks of stakeholders to enable inclusion of waste pickers; (2) establish cooperative enterprise models to integrate waste pickers into the formal economy; (3) build waste pickers' technical skills and capacity for entrepreneurship; and (4) provide access to technologies and markets that enable waste pickers to manufacture upcycled products. |
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