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Oelofse, Suzanna HH
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Strydom, WF
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2010-11-02T11:18:08Z |
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2010-11-02T11:18:08Z |
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2010-10 |
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Oelofse, S.H.H. and Strydom, W.F. 2010. Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship. 20th WasteCon Conference and Exhibition, Emperor’s Palace, Gauteng, South Africa, 4-8 October 2010, pp 62-68 |
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978-1-920017-49-1 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509
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20th WasteCon Conference and Exhibition, Emperor’s Palace, Gauteng, South Africa, 4-8 October 2010 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Picking at landfills is a reality at most landfills in South Africa. It is often the poorest community members that resolve to picking as a way of making a living, typically under conditions that are not conducive to their health or safety. However, at a number of waste sites, these activities have been formalised and transformed into entrepreneurial small businesses. Instead of only focusing on recovery of materials with potential value to formal recyclers, entrepreneurs now find innovative ways of adding value to the waste materials, thus earning a living through business activities at these facilities. Although picking at landfills cannot be encouraged, this paper reports on a few examples of such entrepreneurial activities which are adding value to waste recovery and recycling, and creating jobs as a consequence. It further comments on potential regulatory instruments that can be employed towards the formalisation of these activities. The purpose of such a formalisation should be to support the entrepreneurial initiative and the resultant job creation opportunities, while supporting national policy initiatives put forward in the waste hierarchy. |
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en |
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Conference Paper |
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dc.subject |
Landfills |
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Waste sites |
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Scavenging |
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Entrepreneurship |
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Entrepreneurs |
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Waste recovery |
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Recycling |
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Informal waste sector |
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WasteCon 2010 |
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dc.title |
Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship |
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Conference Presentation |
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dc.identifier.apacitation |
Oelofse, S. H., & Strydom, W. (2010). Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509 |
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Oelofse, Suzanna HH, and WF Strydom. "Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509 |
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Oelofse SH, Strydom W, Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509 . |
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dc.identifier.ris |
TY - Conference Presentation
AU - Oelofse, Suzanna HH
AU - Strydom, WF
AB - Picking at landfills is a reality at most landfills in South Africa. It is often the poorest community members that resolve to picking as a way of making a living, typically under conditions that are not conducive to their health or safety. However, at a number of waste sites, these activities have been formalised and transformed into entrepreneurial small businesses. Instead of only focusing on recovery of materials with potential value to formal recyclers, entrepreneurs now find innovative ways of adding value to the waste materials, thus earning a living through business activities at these facilities. Although picking at landfills cannot be encouraged, this paper reports on a few examples of such entrepreneurial activities which are adding value to waste recovery and recycling, and creating jobs as a consequence. It further comments on potential regulatory instruments that can be employed towards the formalisation of these activities. The purpose of such a formalisation should be to support the entrepreneurial initiative and the resultant job creation opportunities, while supporting national policy initiatives put forward in the waste hierarchy.
DA - 2010-10
DB - ResearchSpace
DP - CSIR
KW - Landfills
KW - Waste sites
KW - Scavenging
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Entrepreneurs
KW - Waste recovery
KW - Recycling
KW - Informal waste sector
KW - WasteCon 2010
LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za
PY - 2010
SM - 978-1-920017-49-1
T1 - Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship
TI - Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship
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