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Enhancing the social value of the circular economy in Latin America
OngoingThere is an increasing interest in the circular economy to tackle the challenge of finite resources for sustainable development. Ample attention is given to economic and ecological value from an international perspective, but less attention is paid to the social consequences at the local level. In many development countries the poorest families often survive by sorting garbage and selling recyclable materials. This projects wants to study the possibilities for Latin America of incorporating informal recycler cooperatives in the circular economy. It will analyze the current situation and explore the potential for informal recyclers, in two complementary cases in Ecuador: one case with good practice in integrated waste management, but limited experience with informal recyclers (Cuenca), the other case with interesting organizational experience with recycler cooperatives, but disastrous waste management from an environmental and health perspective (Portoviejo).
Intervention type
TEAM projects
Duration
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021