Oelofse, Suzanna HHStrydom, WF2010-11-022010-11-022010-10Oelofse, 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 62-68978-1-920017-49-1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/450920th WasteCon Conference and Exhibition, Emperor’s Palace, Gauteng, South Africa, 4-8 October 2010Picking 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.enLandfillsWaste sitesScavengingEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneursWaste recoveryRecyclingInformal waste sectorWasteCon 2010Conference PresentationOelofse, S. H., & Strydom, W. (2010). Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509Oelofse, Suzanna HH, and WF Strydom. "Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509Oelofse SH, Strydom W, Picking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurshipPicking at waste facilities – scavenging or entrepreneurship; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509 .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 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4509 ER -