Recovering Resources - Recycling Citizenship: Urban Poverty Reduction in Latin America

By Jutta Gutberlet

Book Overview

Co-operative recycling practices have been increasingly used as a strategy to contest both the waste problem and urban poverty. By examining experiences from Brazil and other Latin American countries, this book examines what can be done to improve the environment and livelihoods for those involved in waste recycling.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754672190
• ISBN13: 9780754672197
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"