LIMA, Francisco de Paula Antunes et al. Social technologies of recycling: applying policies of selective collection with the waste pickers. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. []. 2011, 4, spe, pp.131-146. ISSN 1983-8220.

The waste pickers social movement has won important public policies to improve its activity and recycling. In this paper, after identifying social and environmental policy instruments related to recycling, the difficulties faced by the waste pickers associations (WAs) to apply them are discussed. Documental analysis of these instruments reveals implicit contradictions, made apparent when these policies are confronted to the daily experiences of waste pickers. Given these contradictions, our thesis is that in addition to political action, the durable performance of WAs depends on the sustainability of operational processes. Analyses from an operational point of view, held by a technical group integrated in the social network that supports the organization and operational management of associations, identify weaknesses to be overcome to give sustainability to the WAs and recycling as a socio-environmental alternative treatment of urban waste. More than reinforcing policies, we emphasize the need for coordinated actions organized in a specific strategy, under the governance of the waste pickers social movement.

: Wastepicker; Recycling; NPSW; Waste; RSU Management.

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