Waste pickers and collectors in Delhi: Poverty and environment in an urban informal sector.
Waste pickers and collectors constitute the bottom layer of waste recycling in the metropolis of Delhi. Pickers collect waste just by picking them up from public places such as garbage dumps and streets, whereas collectors purchase waste from waste producers such as households and shops for sale to...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 41 - 70 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=19302105&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 19302105 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00220388 JDS jtl: Journal of Development Studies issn: 00220388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2006 vid: 42 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 19302105 10.1080/00220380500356662 ppf: 41 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 218KB tig: atl: Waste pickers and collectors in Delhi: Poverty and environment in an urban informal sector. aug: au: Hayami, Yujiro Dikshit, A.K. Mishra, S.N. affil: Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo, Japan Society for Economic and Social Research, Delhi, India su: Sanitation workers Waste recycling Public spaces Junk trade Delhi (India) India sug: subj: Delhi (India) India Sanitation workers Waste recycling Public spaces Junk trade ab: Waste pickers and collectors constitute the bottom layer of waste recycling in the metropolis of Delhi. Pickers collect waste just by picking them up from public places such as garbage dumps and streets, whereas collectors purchase waste from waste producers such as households and shops for sale to higher-level waste traders. Most pickers have incomes below the poverty line set by the Planning Commission of India, whereas the majority of collectors earn marginally higher than the poverty-line income. The poverty of pickers is not transitory, but chronic as they have no connection to enter the community of collectors and higher-level waste traders within which the community mechanism works effectively to reduce risk and transaction costs. Despite their low economic and social status, pickers and collectors are making important contributions to society. It is found that pickers and collectors are adding more value than their own income to waste producers' income and to the saving of the city government's expenditure for disposing waste. Increased public support not only for social services, but also production services and infrastructure can be justified not only for the purposes of reducing poverty but also for furthering their positive contribution to society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Development Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Development Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2006 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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