The perception of health with informal recyclers in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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dc.contributor.authorBinion, Eric Norman Olaf
dc.contributor.supervisorGutberlet, Jutta
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-11T20:12:19Z
dc.date.available2012-04-11T20:12:19Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-04-11
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Geographyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractGlobally, hundreds of thousands of people subsist by informally collecting, sorting, and selling materials recovered from disposed solid waste. For most individuals this informal activity is precarious and prone to job insecurity, stigmatization, exploitation, physical danger, and emotional distress. In order to understand how informal recyclers perceive their health and hazards, data were collected over a six-month period in 2010, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Through a political ecology framework, the authors relate the systemic and exploitative structures that continue to negatively influence the health of the recyclers. The authors demonstrate that independent informal recyclers face a number of multifaceted health implications that are directly related to the unregulated and undervalued collection of solid waste. Recyclers are either uninformed or indifferent about policy interventions, such as accessing free personal protective equipment. The article concludes by suggesting specific measures supported by the academic literature on inclusive waste management and social networks, advocating an emphasis on cooperativism as a means of creating a space for workplace health promotion and access to resources.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3872
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectwaste pickingen_US
dc.subjectwaste scavengeen_US
dc.subjectrecycleen_US
dc.subjectcooperativeen_US
dc.subjectoccupational healthen_US
dc.subjectequityen_US
dc.subjectinformal recyclingen_US
dc.subjectsocial economyen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental healthen_US
dc.titleThe perception of health with informal recyclers in Buenos Aires, Argentinaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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