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- Title
The Recycling Industry and Subsistence Waste Collectors: A Case Study of Mitchell's Plain.
- Authors
Langenhoven, Belinda; Dyssel, Michael
- Abstract
The article reflects the findings of a survey undertaken in Mitchell’s Plain and presents a case study of the factors that impact recycle-related employment tendencies and opportunities in the area of the Cape Flats in South Africa. The article states recycling also has advantages for the creation of formal and informal employment and it can be enhanced with the encouragement of local authorities through incentives.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; LABOR supply; WASTE recycling; LABOR incentives; CAPE Flats Nature Reserve (South Africa)
- Publication
Urban Forum, 2007, Vol 18, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1015-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02681233