One person's trash is another person's treasure: In search of an efficient property regime for waste in the Global South

Danese, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.061

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“…In still others, analyses focused on the associative and cooperative elements of such practices. From an interpretive point of view, some approaches seemed to prevail over others, namely: (1) the so-called culture of poverty approach, which views the informal waste pickers (WPs) of the Global South as victims of processes of social and economic marginalisation and progressive dispossession, which physically and symbolically bring together subjects rejected by society with objects considered useless [25,30,31]; (2) the politics of the informality approach, which analyses forms of grassroots representation and resistance, developed in the absence of forms of support from the state [24,32,33]; (3) the decent-work approach, which, focusing almost exclusively on collective forms of waste picking, emphasises the attempts of associations and coopera-tives to improve living and working conditions of waste pickers, often in vastly different institutional and cultural contexts [34][35][36][37][38].…”

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What Does It Mean to Have a Dirty and Informal Job? The Case of Waste Pickers in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Coletto

Carbonai

2023

Sustainability

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The literature on dirty workers analysed material and symbolic aspects of work, highlighting how dirty workers deal with the stigma associated with their occupations. This approach put less attention on dirty workers who operate in the informal economy, which is a relevant category especially in some sectors, such as the urban-waste management and recycling. Drawing on a 2019–2022 qualitative study of waste pickers (WPs) in the Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil), this article aims to understand whether and how the informal conditions interact with the symbolic and material aspects of the dirty job. First, it shows various attempts to redefine the meanings of waste pickers’ work, in a positive sense. The more articulated attempts mainly concern the more structured WPs organisations and, in some cases, go far beyond the strategies described by the traditional literature on dirty workers. Second, it emphasizes the importance of the relations between WPs organisations and public administrations in defining the effectiveness of the actions aimed at reducing the stigma associated with the WPs’ work. Together, these contributions highlight the utility of exploring the dynamics and the differences of informal dirty work in order to enrich the dirty-work approach.

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What Does It Mean to Have a Dirty and Informal Job? The Case of Waste Pickers in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Coletto

Carbonai

2023

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“…This process requires individuals to develop general skills and the ability to be dynamically motivated to analyze a given context and to identify opportunities deriving from cognitive or motivational changes (Poblete and Mandakovic, 2021). However, previous research has emphasized the role played by waste pickers in sustainability and local development, as well as the impacts of this activity on their health and well-being (Alvarado‐Esquivel et al , 2021; Coletto and Bisschop, 2017; Danese, 2021; Made et al , 2021).…”

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Becoming an entrepreneur in the cooperation and poverty contexts

Freitag

Carvalho

Filho

et al. 2023

JEEE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how the process of becoming an entrepreneur in the cooperation and poverty contexts takes place. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a phenomenological approach for data collection purposes. Autoscopy, which is a methodological device of reflective nature, was herein applied to a group of interlocutors comprising seven representatives of waste pickers’ cooperatives (RC). Data analysis focused on defining the meaning of participants’ speech was conducted in compliance with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis guidelines. Findings The current findings have shown that becoming a representative of cooperatives involves mobilization toward empowerment and a sense of collectively doing on behalf of community interests. Moreover, these RCs become entrepreneurs in the poverty context, as they perceive opportunities, are persistent and take risks pursuing alternatives for both the survival and improvement of theirs own living conditions, and of others. Research limitations/implications Adopting a reflective approach associated with an ontology of becoming could have led to deeper results if the current research was a longitudinal study, rather than a cross-sectional one. Practical implications Training programs provided for waste pickers should take into consideration that their learning process is mainly based on practice. Social implications Behaviors disclosed by participants toward fostering collective and entrepreneurial actions in the poverty context may be an inspiration for future changes. Originality/value The methodological option for adopting a reflective approach resulted in a contribution device that is barely applied to research in the management field; thus, the current investigation can introduce a new pathway for further research.

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Waste Picking During and After the Pandemic: Changes and Challenges in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carbonai,

Coletto

2024

Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research

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One person's trash is another person's treasure: In search of an efficient property regime for waste in the Global South

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

What Does It Mean to Have a Dirty and Informal Job? The Case of Waste Pickers in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

What Does It Mean to Have a Dirty and Informal Job? The Case of Waste Pickers in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Becoming an entrepreneur in the cooperation and poverty contexts

Waste Picking During and After the Pandemic: Changes and Challenges in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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