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“I would rather have a decent job”: Potential barriers preventing street-waste pickers from improving their socio-economic conditions
(AOSIS, 2016)
As a result of the high levels of unemployment in South Africa, many unskilled people are forced to resort to
a variety of income-generating activities in the informal economy. The activity of collecting and selling
recyclables ...
The opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in South Africa’s recycling industry: A value chain analysis
(SAGE, 2019)
This paper investigates the entrepreneurial opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back
centres in the recycling industry. Using Porter’s firm-level value chain framework as theoretical
framework for this ...
The work and lives of street waste pickers in Pretoria - a case study of recycling in South Africa's urban informal economy
(Springer, 2011)
High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas
of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception in this regard. Poverty
and hardship caused by unemployment force many participants in the ...
The role and linkages of buy-back centres in the recycling industry: Pretoria and Bloemfontein (South Africa)
(University of Johannesburg, 2012)
Purpose/objectives: The aim of this paper is to get a better understanding of the role and linkages of buy-back centres (BBCs) in the recycling industry. The first objective is to analyse the institutional profile of the ...