Sustainability of waste management practices is a multidimensional challenge faced by authorities worldwide, especially in low and middle-income countries, where informal sector plays important role. In Brazil, municipal ...

Catadores are people who collect and sell materials that can be recycled. This activity has been done informally in many countries for years. Recently, a recognition process has begun for the informal recycling sector, ...

Recycling is an important process for sustainability and waste picker cooperatives play a fundamental role in this context, as environmental, social and economic aspects converge through the work of the members. The ...

This work had as its theme the implementation of a system efficient environmental management, with opportunities generated by the recycling industry and its economic viability in the city of Itapetininga, State of Sao ...

Human population growth, high consumption and unsustainable management of products and services are exceeding the sustainable use of natural resources. The use of disposable diapers, not only baby but also geriatric ones, ...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the Environmental Perception of the Recyclers of a Sanitary Landfill in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, aiming to evaluate the understanding of the recyclers around the ...

The picture of the Brazilian municipalities covered by programs of recyclable materials, according to the information published by the Ministry of the Environment in 2012, presents in 8%. Faced with the intensified growth ...

Recyclable-waste collectors cooperatives are organized and established in various regions of the country as an alternative to the misfortunes brought by unemployment and precarious work, which lead part of the population ...