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oapen-20.500.12657-764002024-03-28T09:47:08Z Urban Recycling Cooperatives Gutberlet, Jutta Brazil Built Environment Cooperatives Innovation Knowledge Latin America megacities Planning Recycling Regional Development Regional Science Regional Studies Resilience Richard Florida RSA RSA Conference recycling cooperatives Sally Hardy São Paulo Smart Cities Spatial Econometrics Spatial Economics Technology Technopoles Territory Territory, Politics, Governance The City Urban Planning Urban Studies Urban Systems Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate management of solid waste can lead to damaging environmental impacts, particularly in the megacities of the Global South. Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. The book asks questions such as: how do we define waste and our relation to it; who is involved in dealing with waste; and what power interactions become manifest over issues of accessing and managing waste? In recent years informal cooperatives have emerged, devoted to recycling household and business waste before reclassifying it and redirecting it to the authorities. Hence, these workers are able to reclaim significant amounts of natural resources and thus contribute to the saving of resources and lessened waste management expenditures. With particular reference to the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo, this book describes this paradigm shift in the general understanding of waste as unwanted discard towards the recognition of waste as a resource that must be recovered for reuse or recycling. It would be of interest to students and policy makers working in international development and waste management. 2023-09-26T15:00:17Z 2023-09-26T15:00:17Z 2016 book ONIX_20230926_9781317415404_22 9781317415404 9780367873677 9781138921160 9781315686523 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76400 eng Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series application/pdf n/a 9781317415404.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315686523 10.4324/9781315686523 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781317415404 9780367873677 9781138921160 9781315686523 Routledge 188 open access
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Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate management of solid waste can lead to damaging environmental impacts, particularly in the megacities of the Global South. Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. The book asks questions such as: how do we define waste and our relation to it; who is involved in dealing with waste; and what power interactions become manifest over issues of accessing and managing waste? In recent years informal cooperatives have emerged, devoted to recycling household and business waste before reclassifying it and redirecting it to the authorities. Hence, these workers are able to reclaim significant amounts of natural resources and thus contribute to the saving of resources and lessened waste management expenditures. With particular reference to the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo, this book describes this paradigm shift in the general understanding of waste as unwanted discard towards the recognition of waste as a resource that must be recovered for reuse or recycling. It would be of interest to students and policy makers working in international development and waste management.
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