NDLI: The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal Economy

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Schenck, Rinie Blaauw, Phillip Frederick
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception in this regard. Poverty and hardship caused by unemployment force many participants in the labour market to venture into the urban informal economy in order to survive. The activities of the waste pickers fall within the urban informal economy. In spite of the fact that waste pickers are a common sight in the urban areas of Pretoria and other South African cities, remarkably little is known about them and scant attention is paid to them. The aim of the study was to establish a socio-economic profile of the street waste pickers in Pretoria and to describe the social interaction and relationship dynamics between the waste pickers and their families, each other, the community and buy-back centres. This was done by conducting the first ever empirical study of the street waste pickers in Pretoria. The results revealed that the role of street waste pickers in the broader waste management system is an important public issue that requires urgent attention and appropriate policy responses from policy makers.
Starting Page	411
Ending Page	430
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10153802
Journal	Urban Forum
Volume Number	22
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18746330
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-06-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Urban informal economy Recycling Street waste pickers Waste management system Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Population Economics Sociology Political Science Human Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Urban Studies

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