Uncovering the Potential: The role of informal actors in solid waste management in Jordan

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Author(s)
Taher, Raya
Abu Safe, Farah
Patchett, Hannah
Publication date
2022-04-27
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Health
Inequality
Keywords
Solid waste
Waste management
Recycling
Labour rights
Informal actors
Country
Jordan

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam
Document type
Research report
Description

Salvaging resources from waste containers and landfills, waste pickers are the main suppliers to the recycling sector in Jordan, yet they often live in poverty and are exposed to multiple risks. The Jordanian government seeks to integrate waste pickers into formal waste management processes, but progress has been slow. Based on interviews with formal and informal actors in the waste sector, this study provides an overview of waste pickers’ socioeconomic conditions and operations and explores pathways for their integration that could support the recycling sector’s potential to create jobs, alleviate poverty and protect the environment.  
Pages
19
DOI
10.21201/2022.8854
ISBN
978-1-78748-885-4
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621371
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/uncovering-the-potential-the-role-of-informal-actors-in-solid-waste-management-621371
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