Processes of Organization of Waste pickers who Collect Recyclable Materials: struggles and conformations

Authors

  • Mari Aparecida Bortoli Ucsal - Salvador – Bahia

Abstract

This essay identifies some trends in the analysis of the process of the socioeconomic organization of waste pickers who gather recyclable materials. It analyzes publications that discuss historic aspects of initiatives to organize this segment and of the establishment of institutional mechanisms aimed at the activities for selective collection of recyclable materials. It notes the existence of a field of disputes, tensions and resistances that converge for the strengthening of the struggles of these workers and for the conformation of the activities that they undertake. The text is based on a bibliographic study conducted for the development of the author’s doctoral thesis.

 

Author Biography

Mari Aparecida Bortoli, Ucsal - Salvador – Bahia

Doutora em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Sociais e Cidadania, da Universidade Católica do Salvador (Ucsal).

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Published

2013-11-20

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2013): Lutas sociais no novo milênio e Serviço Social

Section

Thematic space

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