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Socio-economic factors affecting household participation in curb-side recycling programmes: Evidence from drakenstein municipality, South Africa
(Sabinet, 2021)
Household curb-side recycling programmes have the potential to reduce
waste that end up in landfills. However, participation in these
programmes is low. The aim of this study is to investigate the socioeconomic factors ...
The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: The case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Waste pickers are widely acknowledged as an integral part of the formal and informal economy, diverting
waste into the secondary resource economy through urban mining. Urban mining in itself is considered
to be a source ...
Do we need more research on the environmental impacts of plastics?
(IOP Publishing, 2022)
We question whether the rapid growth in research on the impacts of environmental plastics over
the last decade has substantially improved our understanding of these impacts. By the mid-1990s,
the major environmental and ...
Urban mining versus Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): An interrogation of their contribution to sustainable livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)
Electronic waste (e-waste) recycling and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) are activities that are
increasingly finding uptake as a means of providing livelihoods in the face of high unemployment, especially in
the ...
Towards a circular economy: A cross-case analysis of recycling in three South African towns
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)
The concept of circular economy includes three aspects from a
human perspective, namely Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Studying
human behaviour is important in understanding and evaluating
the possible success of any of ...
A conceptual framework for sustainable waste management in small municipalities: The cases of Langebaan, South Africa and Swakopmund, Namibia
(Springer, 2023)
Municipal waste management is a major challenge for local governments in South Africa and Namibia, as in other developing
countries. The circular economy concept in waste management is an alternative sustainable development ...