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The Recycling Industry and Subsistence Waste Collectors: A Case Study of Mitchell's Plain Belinda Langenhoven and Michael Dyssel INTRODUCTION Over and above its environmental advantages as a waste management strategy, recycling also has advantages for the creation of formal and informal employment. This paper reflects the findings of a survey undertaken in Mitchell's Plain and case studied the factors that impact on recycle-related employment tendencies and opportunities in this area of the Cape Flats. It also revisits the popular notion of recycling-sustainability reciprocity in impoverished and economi- cally marginalised areas. Mitchell's Plain, as a largely dormitory region in the bigger Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA), offers very little employment op- portunities. Based on the findings of the survey, this paper argues in favour of recycling as a mechanism for the sustaining of livelihoods for impoverished micro-collectors as well as small recycling-based entrepreneurs in the area and surrounding townships. The recycling industry in Mitchell's Plain depends largely on recyclable household waste generated in the area. Secondary waste sources include waste generated in neighbouring areas such as Khayelitsha and Philippi as well as waste generated by the limited retail and light industrial ac- tivities in the area. The interdependency among waste generating
Urban Forum – Springer Journals
Published: Jul 21, 2007
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