Sustainable waste management: observing the economic and environmental aspects in solid waste recycling by the poor migrants in Indonesia / Eusoff Yendo Afgani … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Afgani, Eusoff Yendo, Kamaruddin, Norhaya, Mohd. Ali, Hishamuddin, Mar Iman, Abdul Hamid
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation; Environmentalism. Green movement; Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68223/1/68223.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68223/

This paper addresses the role of recycling activities among the migrant urban poor based on a recent study conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia. The study involved a survey among solid waste scavengers and field observations particularly on the collection and disposal of recyclable solid waste and the re...