A Materially Contextualised Account of Waste Pickers’ Marginalisation in Brazil: The Case of ‘Rubbish PET’
Based on the acknowledgment of the materiality of recyclable materials, and therefore of their condition of actants in the recycling market, this paper proposes a materially contextualised account of waste pickers’ marginalisation in Brazil, departing from the extant literature on the topic. Drawing...
Main Author: | Tatianna Mello Pereira da Silva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2019-06-01
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Series: | Worldwide Waste |
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Online Access: | https://www.worldwidewastejournal.com/articles/26 |
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