Assessment of the current situation of informal recyclers and recycling: Case study Bogotá
The contribution of recyclers to the environment and the local economy is not recognized and they are not remunerated for the service they provide to the city. It is well known that informal collection contributes to the recycling of resources in a positive way, but it is also associated with severa...
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The contribution of recyclers to the environment and the local economy is not recognized and they are not remunerated for the service they provide to the city. It is well known that informal collection contributes to the recycling of resources in a positive way, but it is also associated with several environmental, health, and social problems. In Colombia, these recyclers work informally. In 2016, Decree 596 was issued, which regulates the utilization of the public cleaning service and the transitory regime for the formalization of informal recyclers. The objective of this work is to evaluate the social and technical impact of recycling in the city of Bogotá three years after the regulations were issued. A study was carried out in order to study how recyclers have been affected by the new regulations after three years of validity as well as understand their perceptions of the evolution of recycling in the city. The study consisted of a series of surveys of recyclers from a statistical sample with 0.05 error that applied a mixed approach. Qualitative and quantitative analysis were included. This analysis was done in order to mix statistical results with deep analysis. The survey indicated that a low percentage of users (good 28%) performed good processes of separation at the source, which lowers the recovery of materials and prevents the potential use of many others. Likewise, it was evidenced that for a material to be sold or commercialized it depends significantly on the separation at the source. In addition, according to the perception of the respondents, society tends to discriminate against them, which leads to the conclusion that discrimination still exists between both the government and society. Finally, the current legislation has not been effective in its implementation and court declarations regarding recyclers as people with inherent rights have not yet been applied in Colombia. © 2019 by the authors. |
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Energy Econ, 54, pp. 109-124 Hoornweg, D., Bhada-Tata, P., (2012) What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management, , Urban Development Series World Bank: Washington, DC, USA Wilson, D.C., Velis, C., Cheeseman, C., Role of informal sector recycling in waste management in developing countries (2006) Habitat Int, 30, pp. 797-808 Gutberlet, J., Baeder, A.M., Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil (2008) Int. J. Environ. Health Res, 18, pp. 1-15 Gutberlet, J., Briefing: Social facets of solid waste: Insights from the global south (2013) Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng. Waste Resour. Manag, 166, pp. 110-113 Uddin, S.M.N., Gutberlet, J., Livelihoods and health status of informal recyclers in Mongolia (2018) Resour. Conserv. Recycl, 134, pp. 1-9 Ostrom, E., Crossing the great divide: Coproduction, synergy, and development (1996) World Dev, 24, pp. 1073-1087 http://cifras.unidadvictimas.gov.co/Home/Desplazamientovvg=1, (accessed on 25 September 2019) Binion, E., Gutberlet, J., The effects of handling solid waste on the wellbeing of informal and organized recyclers: A review of the literature (2012) Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health, 18, pp. 43-52 Gowan, T., American untouchables: Homeless scavengers in San Francisco's underground economy (1997) Int. J. Sociol. Soc. Policy, 17, pp. 159-190 Wittmer, J., Parizeau, K., Informal recyclers' geographies of surviving neoliberal urbanism in Vancouver, BC (2016) Appl. Geogr, 66, pp. 92-99 Jaffe, K., Dong, H., Godefroy, A., Boutang, D., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M.-J.S., Kerr, T., Richardson, L., Informal recycling, income generation and risk: Health and social harms among people who use drugs (2018) Int. J. Drug Policy, 60, pp. 40-46 Tremblay, C., Gutberlet, J., Peredo, A.M., United We Can: Resource recovery, place and social enterprise (2010) Resour. Conserv. Recycl, 54, pp. 422-428 Xue, Y., Wen, Z., Bressers, H., Ai, N., Can intelligent collection integrate informal sector for urban resource recycling in China (2019) J. Clean. Prod, 208, pp. 307-315 Ardi, R., Leisten, R., Assessing the role of informal sector in WEEE management systems: A System Dynamics approach (2016) Waste Manag, 57, pp. 3-16 Lange, U., Informal sector activities: Economic influences on waste management systems (2013) Waste Manag, 33, pp. 1321-1323 Wilson, D.C., Araba, A.O., Chinwah, K., Cheeseman, C.R., Building recycling rates through the informal sector (2009) Waste Manag, 29, pp. 629-635 Ezeah, C., Fazakerley, J.A., Roberts, C.L., Emerging trends in informal sector recycling in developing and transition countries (2013) Waste Manag, 33, pp. 2509-2519 Hayami, Y., Dikshit, A.K., Mishra, S.N., Waste pickers and collectors in Delhi: Poverty and environment in an urban informal sector (2006) J Dev. Stud, 42, pp. 41-69 Moreno-Sánchez, R.D.P., Maldonado, J.H., Surviving from garbage: The role of informal waste-pickers in a dynamic model of solid-waste management in developing countries (2006) Environ. Dev. 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Res, 32, pp. 896-907 (2016) Informe Nacional De Aprovechamiento, , Dirección Nacional de Planeación: Bogotá, Colombia Bhawal Mukherji, S., Sekiyama, M., Mino, T., Chaturvedi, B., Resident Knowledge andWillingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India (2016) Sustainability, 8, p. 1065 Niño, J.J.C., Hernández, L.P., El trabajo en la pepena informal en México: Nuevas realidades, nuevas desigualdades (2012) Estud. Demogr. Urbanos, 27, pp. 95-117 (2018), https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018, (accessed on 12 November 2019) Torres, A., Méndez-Fajardo, S., López-Kleine, L., Galarza-Molina, S., Oviedo, N., Calidad de vida y ciudad: Análisis del nivel de desarrollo en Bogotá a través del método de necesidades básicas insatisfechas (2013) Estud. 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20192020-04-29T14:53:58Z2020-04-29T14:53:58Z20711050http://hdl.handle.net/11407/577410.3390/su11226342The contribution of recyclers to the environment and the local economy is not recognized and they are not remunerated for the service they provide to the city. It is well known that informal collection contributes to the recycling of resources in a positive way, but it is also associated with several environmental, health, and social problems. In Colombia, these recyclers work informally. In 2016, Decree 596 was issued, which regulates the utilization of the public cleaning service and the transitory regime for the formalization of informal recyclers. The objective of this work is to evaluate the social and technical impact of recycling in the city of Bogotá three years after the regulations were issued. A study was carried out in order to study how recyclers have been affected by the new regulations after three years of validity as well as understand their perceptions of the evolution of recycling in the city. The study consisted of a series of surveys of recyclers from a statistical sample with 0.05 error that applied a mixed approach. Qualitative and quantitative analysis were included. This analysis was done in order to mix statistical results with deep analysis. The survey indicated that a low percentage of users (good 28%) performed good processes of separation at the source, which lowers the recovery of materials and prevents the potential use of many others. Likewise, it was evidenced that for a material to be sold or commercialized it depends significantly on the separation at the source. In addition, according to the perception of the respondents, society tends to discriminate against them, which leads to the conclusion that discrimination still exists between both the government and society. Finally, the current legislation has not been effective in its implementation and court declarations regarding recyclers as people with inherent rights have not yet been applied in Colombia. © 2019 by the authors.engMDPI AGDerechoFacultad de Derechohttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075900424&doi=10.3390%2fsu11226342&partnerID=40&md5=5b8ec9dc8e9dc27b431812b1ff7ec6701122Botello-álvarez, J.E., Rivas-García, P., Fausto-Castro, L., Estrada-Baltazar, A., Gomez-Gonzalez, R., Informal collection, recycling and export of valuable waste as transcendent factor in the municipal solid waste management: A Latin-American reality (2018) J. Clean. Prod, 182, pp. 485-495Visvizi, A., Lytras, M.D., (2019) Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges, , Elsevier: Amsterdam, The NetherlandsNavarrete-Hernandez, P., Navarrete-Hernandez, N., Unleashing Waste-Pickers' Potential: Supporting Recycling Cooperatives in Santiago de Chile (2018) World Dev, 101, pp. 293-310Gutberlet, J., Cooperative urban mining in Brazil: Collective practices in selective household waste collection and recycling (2015) Waste Manag, 45, pp. 22-31Yokoo, H.-F., Kawai, K., Higuchi, Y., Informal recycling and social preferences: Evidence from household survey data in Vietnam (2018) Resour. Energy Econ, 54, pp. 109-124Hoornweg, D., Bhada-Tata, P., (2012) What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management, , Urban Development SeriesWorld Bank: Washington, DC, USAWilson, D.C., Velis, C., Cheeseman, C., Role of informal sector recycling in waste management in developing countries (2006) Habitat Int, 30, pp. 797-808Gutberlet, J., Baeder, A.M., Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil (2008) Int. J. Environ. Health Res, 18, pp. 1-15Gutberlet, J., Briefing: Social facets of solid waste: Insights from the global south (2013) Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng. Waste Resour. Manag, 166, pp. 110-113Uddin, S.M.N., Gutberlet, J., Livelihoods and health status of informal recyclers in Mongolia (2018) Resour. Conserv. Recycl, 134, pp. 1-9Ostrom, E., Crossing the great divide: Coproduction, synergy, and development (1996) World Dev, 24, pp. 1073-1087http://cifras.unidadvictimas.gov.co/Home/Desplazamientovvg=1, (accessed on 25 September 2019)Binion, E., Gutberlet, J., The effects of handling solid waste on the wellbeing of informal and organized recyclers: A review of the literature (2012) Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health, 18, pp. 43-52Gowan, T., American untouchables: Homeless scavengers in San Francisco's underground economy (1997) Int. J. Sociol. Soc. Policy, 17, pp. 159-190Wittmer, J., Parizeau, K., Informal recyclers' geographies of surviving neoliberal urbanism in Vancouver, BC (2016) Appl. Geogr, 66, pp. 92-99Jaffe, K., Dong, H., Godefroy, A., Boutang, D., Hayashi, K., Milloy, M.-J.S., Kerr, T., Richardson, L., Informal recycling, income generation and risk: Health and social harms among people who use drugs (2018) Int. J. Drug Policy, 60, pp. 40-46Tremblay, C., Gutberlet, J., Peredo, A.M., United We Can: Resource recovery, place and social enterprise (2010) Resour. Conserv. Recycl, 54, pp. 422-428Xue, Y., Wen, Z., Bressers, H., Ai, N., Can intelligent collection integrate informal sector for urban resource recycling in China (2019) J. Clean. Prod, 208, pp. 307-315Ardi, R., Leisten, R., Assessing the role of informal sector in WEEE management systems: A System Dynamics approach (2016) Waste Manag, 57, pp. 3-16Lange, U., Informal sector activities: Economic influences on waste management systems (2013) Waste Manag, 33, pp. 1321-1323Wilson, D.C., Araba, A.O., Chinwah, K., Cheeseman, C.R., Building recycling rates through the informal sector (2009) Waste Manag, 29, pp. 629-635Ezeah, C., Fazakerley, J.A., Roberts, C.L., Emerging trends in informal sector recycling in developing and transition countries (2013) Waste Manag, 33, pp. 2509-2519Hayami, Y., Dikshit, A.K., Mishra, S.N., Waste pickers and collectors in Delhi: Poverty and environment in an urban informal sector (2006) J Dev. Stud, 42, pp. 41-69Moreno-Sánchez, R.D.P., Maldonado, J.H., Surviving from garbage: The role of informal waste-pickers in a dynamic model of solid-waste management in developing countries (2006) Environ. Dev. Econ, 11, pp. 371-391(2013) Fallo 66203, , State Council: Bogotá, Colombia(2018) Sentencia C-048, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(2016) Sentencia C-259, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(2016) Sentencia T-622, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(2008) Sentencia T-299, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(2000) Sentencia C-431, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(2003) Sentencia T-724, , Constitutional Court: Bogotá, Colombia(1994) Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios, , Republic Congress: Bogotá, Colombia(2013) Prestación Del Servisio Público De Aseo, , Minambiente: Bogotá, Colombia(2016) Aprovechamiento Del Servicio Público, , Minambiente: Bogotá, ColombiaSaldaña, J., (2015) The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers, 3rd ed, , SAGE Publications Ltd.: Thousand Oaks, CA, USAHernádez, R., Fernádez, C., Baptiste, M.P., (2014) Metodología De La Investigación, 6th ed, , McGraw-Hill: Ciudad de México, MexicoLinzner, R., Salhofer, S., Municipal solid waste recycling and the significance of informal sector in urban China (2014) Waste Manag. Res, 32, pp. 896-907(2016) Informe Nacional De Aprovechamiento, , Dirección Nacional de Planeación: Bogotá, ColombiaBhawal Mukherji, S., Sekiyama, M., Mino, T., Chaturvedi, B., Resident Knowledge andWillingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India (2016) Sustainability, 8, p. 1065Niño, J.J.C., Hernández, L.P., El trabajo en la pepena informal en México: Nuevas realidades, nuevas desigualdades (2012) Estud. Demogr. Urbanos, 27, pp. 95-117(2018), https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018, (accessed on 12 November 2019)Torres, A., Méndez-Fajardo, S., López-Kleine, L., Galarza-Molina, S., Oviedo, N., Calidad de vida y ciudad: Análisis del nivel de desarrollo en Bogotá a través del método de necesidades básicas insatisfechas (2013) Estud. Gerenc, 29, pp. 231-238Fereday, J., Muir-Cochrane, E., Demonstrating Rigor Using Thematic Analysis: A Hybrid Approach of Inductive and Deductive Coding and Theme Development (2006) Int. J. Qual. Methods, 5, pp. 80-92(2015) Decreto único1077, , Minvivienda: Bogotá, ColombiaSustainability (Switzerland)Informal recyclersLabor conditionsRecyclersRegulationsSolid wasteassessment methodlocal economyperceptionrecyclingsolid wasteurban areaBogotaColombiaAssessment of the current situation of informal recyclers and recycling: Case study BogotáArticleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Bermudez, J.F., Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1Este #19A-40, Bogotá, 111711, Colombia; Montoya-Ruiz, A.M., Law School, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 #30-65, Medellín, 050026, Colombia; Saldarriaga, J.F., Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1Este #19A-40, Bogotá, 111711, Colombiahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecBermudez J.F.Montoya-Ruiz A.M.Saldarriaga J.F.11407/5774oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/57742020-05-27 15:50:46.713Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co |