Cooperative urban mining in Brazil: Collective practices in selective household waste collection and recycling

Waste Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-31

  Gutberlet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Global south; Informal recycling; Social and solidarity economy; Solid waste management; Urban mining

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

COMPLEX OPERATIONS; COOPERATIVES; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY; GLOBAL SOUTH; MATERIAL SEPARATION; RECYCLING NETWORKS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; INFORMAL SECTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN MINING; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; CITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

SOLID WASTE;

BRAZIL; CITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MINING; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84955491639     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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