Waste pickers and their practices of insurgency and environmental stewardship

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dc.contributor.authorGutberlet, Jutta
dc.contributor.authorSorroche, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorBaeder, Angela M.
dc.contributor.authorZapata, Patrik
dc.contributor.authorZapata Campos, María José
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-02T22:28:12Z
dc.date.available2026-04-02T22:28:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractInformed by different grassroots learning and educational practices engaged in waste management, and drawing from the concepts of insurgent citizenship and environmental stewardship, we examine the role of waste picker organizations and movements in creating new pathways towards more sustainable environmental waste governance. Two case studies (Argentina and Brazil) demonstrate how waste pickers inform and educate the general public and raise the awareness of socio-environmental questions related to waste management. Different educational practices are used as strategies to confront citizens with their waste: to see waste as a consumption problem, resource, and income source. Our paper draws on grassroots learning (social movement learning and insurgent learning) and education (stewardship) aimed at the transformation of waste practices. We argue that waste pickers play an important role in knowledge production promoting recycling, in landfilling less and recovering more resources. We conclude that waste pickers act as insurgent citizens and also are environmental stewards.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We acknowledge the funding agencies that supported the empirical research: the Swedish Research Council VR (grant reg. no. 2016-06289) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (grant reg. no. 890-2016-0098).
dc.identifier.citationGutberlet, J., Sorroche, S., Martins Baeder, A., & Zapata, P., & Zapata Campos, M. J. (2021). Waste pickers and their practices of insurgency and environmental stewardship. Journal of Environment & Development, 30(4): 369-394. https://doi.org/10.1177/10704965211055328
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10704965211055328
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23551
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of Environment & Development
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCommunity-based Research Laboratory (CbRL)
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectwaste
dc.subjectwaste pickers
dc.subjectinsurgency
dc.subjectenvironmental stewardship
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.titleWaste pickers and their practices of insurgency and environmental stewardship
dc.typeArticle

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