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Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul: Inclusion or Exclusion of Waste Pickers?

Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul: Inclusion or Exclusion of Waste Pickers?

Nuray Cakirli, Aytug Sozuer
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522531470|ISBN10: 1522531475|EISBN13: 9781522531487
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3147-0.ch009
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Cakirli, Nuray, and Aytug Sozuer. "Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul: Inclusion or Exclusion of Waste Pickers?." Value Sharing for Sustainable and Inclusive Development, edited by Mario Risso and Silvia Testarmata, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 205-226. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3147-0.ch009

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Cakirli, N. & Sozuer, A. (2018). Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul: Inclusion or Exclusion of Waste Pickers?. In M. Risso & S. Testarmata (Eds.), Value Sharing for Sustainable and Inclusive Development (pp. 205-226). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3147-0.ch009

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Cakirli, Nuray, and Aytug Sozuer. "Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul: Inclusion or Exclusion of Waste Pickers?." In Value Sharing for Sustainable and Inclusive Development, edited by Mario Risso and Silvia Testarmata, 205-226. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3147-0.ch009

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Abstract

The global waste market is estimated at US$410 billion a year and growing, while only 25 per cent of total waste is known as recovered and recycled. Besides, this figure does not include the informal segment in which around 20 million people work as waste pickers in developing countries. Solid waste management policy and recycling practices differ among certain parts of the world to a large extent. Industrialized countries generally have formal and automated waste management systems, whereas developing countries rely on the informal sector. In Istanbul, which is one of the few megacities in the world appear to be at the crossroad of a policy choice. Authorities will either privatize the recycling business for large firms or try to follow more inclusive approach for more than 100,000 waste pickers in the city. Based on the literature, this study will review the formal waste management systems and describe the integration of informal recycling sector in particular world regions that may have policy implications for Istanbul.

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