Characteristics, challenges and innovations of waste picker organizations: A comparative perspective between Latin American and East African countries.

ABSTRACT: Waste picker organisations (WPOs) around the globe collect, transport and process waste to earn their living but represent a widely excluded, marginalised and impoverished segment of society. WPOs are highly innovative, created by grassroots out of "nothing" to deliver economic, social and environmental sustainability. Still, we do not know how such innovations are developed, and how they are disseminated and adopted by other groups. This article examines characteristics, challenges and innovations of WPOs across five countries in Latin America and East Africa. It is based on quantitative and qualitative data regarding modes of organisation and management, gender, received support, business orientations, environmental and social contributions, and innovations developed in response to multi

SUBMITTER: Kain JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337677 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature